flat

Definitions

1. 1superlative

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

2. 2superlative

   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.

3. 3superlative

   Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.

4. 4superlative

   Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.

5. 5superlative

   Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.

6. 6superlative

   Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

7. 7superlative

   Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.

8. 8superlative

   Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat.

9. 9superlative

   Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.

10. 10superlative

    Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.

11. 11adverb

    In a flat manner; directly; flatly.

12. 12adverb

    Without allowance for accrued interest.

13. 13noun

    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.

14. 14noun

    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.

15. 15noun

    Something broad and flat in form

16. 16noun

    A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

17. 17noun

    A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

18. 18noun

    A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car.

19. 19noun

    A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions.

20. 20noun

    The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.

21. 21noun

    A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself.

22. 22noun

    A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

23. 23noun

    A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.

24. 24noun

    A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.

25. 25noun

    A homaloid space or extension.

26. 26transitive verb

    To make flat; to flatten; to level.

27. 27transitive verb

    To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

28. 28transitive verb

    To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

29. 29intransitive verb

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

30. 30intransitive verb

    To fall form the pitch.

31. 31noun

    a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

    Synonyms

    apartment
32. 32noun

    scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

33. 33noun

    a deflated pneumatic tire

34. 34noun

    a shallow box in which seedlings are started

35. 35noun

    freight car without permanent sides or roof

    Synonyms

    flatbedflatcar
36. 36noun

    a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

37. 37noun

    a level tract of land

    "the salt flats of Utah"

38. 38adjective

    commercially inactive

    "flat sales for the month"

    "prices remained flat"

39. 39adjective

    not reflecting light; not glossy

    "flat wall paint"

    "a photograph with a matte finish"

    Synonyms

    matmattmattematted
40. 40adjective

    having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

    "flat computer monitors"

41. 41adjective

    lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

    "a film with two-dimensional characters"

    "a flat two-dimensional painting"

42. 42adjective

    having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

    "a flat desk"

    "acres of level farmland"

    Synonyms

    levelplane
43. 43adjective

    lacking contrast or shading between tones

44. 44adjective

    horizontally level

    "a flat roof"

45. 45adjective

    stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

    "found himself lying flat on the floor"

    Synonyms

    prostrate
46. 46adjective

    sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

    "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"

    Synonyms

    monotonemonotonicmonotonous
47. 47adjective

    (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

    "B flat"

48. 48adjective

    not modified or restricted by reservations

    "a categorical denial"

    "a flat refusal"

    Synonyms

    categoriccategoricalunconditional
49. 49adjective

    having lost effervescence

    "flat beer"

    "a flat cola"

50. 50adjective

    lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

    "a bland little drama"

    "a flat joke"

    Synonyms

    bland
51. 51adjective

    lacking taste or flavor or tang

    "a bland diet"

    "insipid hospital food"

    Synonyms

    blandflavorlessflavourlessinsipidsavorlesssavourlessvapid
52. 52adjective

    flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

    Synonyms

    compressed
53. 53adverb

    in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

    "he didn't answer directly"

    "told me straight out"

    Synonyms

    directlystraight
54. 54adverb

    with flat sails

    "sail flat against the wind"