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Definition of Flat

1. Adverb. With flat sails. "Sail flat against the wind"

2. Noun. A level tract of land. "The salt flats of Utah"

3. Adjective. Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another. "Skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

4. Adverb. In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly. "Came out flat for less work and more pay"

5. Noun. A shallow box in which seedlings are started.

6. Adjective. Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness. "Flat computer monitors"

7. Noun. A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named.

8. Adjective. Not modified or restricted by reservations. "A flat refusal"

9. Adjective. Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. "Found himself lying flat on the floor"

10. Noun. Freight car without permanent sides or roof.

11. Adjective. Lacking contrast or shading between tones.

12. Noun. A deflated pneumatic tire.

13. Adjective. (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone. "B flat"

14. Noun. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting.

15. Adjective. Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes).

16. Noun. A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house.

17. Adjective. Lacking taste or flavor or tang. "Vapid tea"

18. Adjective. Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting. "A flat joke"

19. Adjective. Having lost effervescence. "A flat cola"

20. Adjective. Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. "The owl's faint monotonous hooting"

21. Adjective. Horizontally level. "A flat roof"

22. Adjective. Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth. "A flat two-dimensional painting"

23. Adjective. Not reflecting light; not glossy. "A photograph with a matte finish"

24. Adjective. Commercially inactive. "A flat market"

Definition of Flat

1. a. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

2. adv. In a flat manner; directly; flatly.

3. n. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats.

4. v. t. To make flat; to flatten; to level.

5. v. i. To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

6. a. Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft; -- said of a club.

Definition of Flat

1. Adjective. Having no variations in altitude. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture. ¹

3. Adjective. (music note) Lowered by one semitone. ¹

4. Adjective. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be. ¹

5. Adjective. (music voice) Without variations in pitch. ¹

6. Adjective. Of a carbonated drink, with all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles. ¹

7. Adjective. Uninteresting. ¹

8. Adjective. (context: wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet. ¹

9. Adjective. Absolute. ¹

10. Adjective. (slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all. ¹

11. Adjective. (context: of a battery) Unable to generate power; dead. ¹

12. Adjective. (juggling of a throw) without spin; spinless. ¹

13. Adverb. So as to be flat. ¹

14. Adverb. Bluntly. ¹

15. Adverb. (qualifier with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding. ¹

16. Adverb. Completely. ¹

17. Noun. An area of level ground. ¹

18. Noun. (music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ? sign placed after the letter representing the note (''e.g.'', B?) or in front of the note symbol (''e.g.'' ??). ¹

19. Noun. (informal automotive) A flat tyre/tire. ¹

20. Noun. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels. ¹

21. Noun. (context: painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting. ¹

22. Noun. The flat part of something: ¹

23. Noun. A wide, shallow container. ¹

24. Verb. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising. ¹

25. Noun. (Commonwealth) An apartment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flat

1. having a smooth or even surface [adj FLATTER, FLATTEST] / to flatten [v FLATTED, FLATTING, FLATS] - See also: flatten

Medical Definition of Flat

1. 1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane. "Though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk." (Milton) 2. Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed. "What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat!" (Milton) "I feel . . . My hopes all flat." (Milton) 3. Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest. "A large part of the work is, to me, very flat." (Coleridge) 4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste. 5. Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition. "How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world." (Shak) 6. Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat. 7. Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright. "Flat burglary as ever was committed." (Shak) "A great tobacco taker too, that's flat." (Marston) 8. Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat. Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound. 9. Sonant; vocal; applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant. Flat arch. A coat of water colour of one uniform shade. To fall flat, to produce no effect; to fail in the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat. "Of all who fell by saber or by shot, Not one fell half so flat as Walter Scott." (Lord Erskine) Origin: Akin to Icel. Flatr, Sw. Flat, Dan. Flad, OHG. Flaz, and AS. Flet floor, G. Flotz stratum, layer. 1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats. "Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat." (Bacon) 2. A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand. "Half my power, this night Passing these flats, are taken by the tide." (Shak) 3. Something broad and flat in form; as: A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car. A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc, are carried in processions. 4. The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge. 5. A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself. 6. A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal. 7. A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull. "Or if you can not make a speech, Because you are a flat." (Holmes) 8. A character [ A homaloid space or extension. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flat

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flaskfuls flasking flaskless flasklike flasks flat (current term) flat-bellied flat-bottom flat-bottomed flat-chested

flat-chestedness flat-coated retriever flat-earther flat-earthers flat-footed flat-hat flat-headed cat flat-headed cats flat-leaf parsley flat-out

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