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flat
noun(flat)
a deflated pneumatic tire
Synonyms: flat tire,
flat
noun(flat)
freight car without permanent sides or roof
Synonyms: flatbed, flatcar,
flat
noun(flat)
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Synonyms: apartment,
flat
adjective(flat)
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
Synonyms: 2-dimensional, two-dimensional,
Examples:
A flat two-dimensional painting.
flat
adverb(flat)
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Synonyms: directly, straight,
Examples:
Came out flat for less work and more pay.
flat
adjective(flat)
not modified or restricted by reservations
Synonyms: categoric, categorical, unconditional,
Examples:
A flat refusal.
flat
adjective(flat)
not reflecting light; not glossy
Synonyms: mat, matt, matte, matted,
Examples:
Flat wall paint.
flat
adjective(flat)
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
Synonyms: bland,
Examples:
A flat joke.
flat
adjective(flat)
lacking taste or flavor or tang
Synonyms: bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid,
flat
adjective(flat)
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
Synonyms: level, plane,
Examples:
A flat desk.
Skirts sewn with fine flat seams.
flat
adjective(flat)
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Synonyms: monotone, monotonic, monotonous,
flat
adjective(flat)
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
Synonyms: prostrate,
Examples:
Found himself lying flat on the floor.
flat
adjective(flat)
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Synonyms: compressed,
flat
noun(flat)
a level tract of land
Examples:
The salt flats of Utah.
flat
noun(flat)
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
flat
noun(flat)
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
flat
adjective(flat)
commercially inactive
Examples:
Flat sales for the month.
Prices remained flat.
A flat market.
flat
adjective(flat)
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
Examples:
Flat computer monitors.
flat
adjective(flat)
having lost effervescence
Examples:
Flat beer.
A flat cola.
flat
adjective(flat)
horizontally level
Examples:
A flat roof.
flat
adjective(flat)
lacking contrast or shading between tones
Antonyms: contrasty,
flat
adjective(flat)
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Antonyms: sharp, natural,
Examples:
B flat.
flat
noun(flat)
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

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