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flat

/fl/&/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. lacking contrast or shading between tones

    adj.all

    Antonyms contrasty

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    B flat.
    Antonyms sharp

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

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

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a level tract of land

    noun.object

    Examples
    The salt flats of Utah.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a shallow box in which seedlings are started

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.communication

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. freight car without permanent sides or roof

    noun.artifact

    Synonyms flatbed flatcar

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. a deflated pneumatic tire

    noun.artifact

    Synonyms flat tire

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.artifact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.artifact

    Synonyms apartment

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. 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 <i>Flats</i>.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adverb

  1. with flat sails

    adv.all

    Examples
    Sail flat against the wind.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

    adv.all

    Examples
    Came out flat for less work and more pay.
    Synonyms directly straight
    Antonyms indirectly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. In a flat manner; directly; flatly.

    adverb

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    A flat desk.
    Skirts sewn with fine flat seams.
    Synonyms level plane

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

    adj.all

    Examples
    Flat computer monitors.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. not modified or restricted by reservations

    adj.all

    Examples
    A flat refusal.
    Synonyms categoric categorical unconditional

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

    adj.all

    Examples
    Found himself lying flat on the floor.
    Synonyms prostrate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Synonyms compressed

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. lacking taste or flavor or tang

    adj.all

    Synonyms bland flavorless flavourless insipid savorless savourless vapid

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

    adj.all

    Examples
    A flat joke.
    Synonyms bland

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. having lost effervescence

    adj.all

    Examples
    Flat beer.
    A flat cola.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

    adj.all

    Synonyms monotone monotonic monotonous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. horizontally level

    adj.all

    Examples
    A flat roof.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    A flat two-dimensional painting.
    Synonyms 2-dimensional two-dimensional

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  12. not reflecting light; not glossy

    adj.all

    Examples
    Flat wall paint.
    Synonyms mat matt matte matted

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  13. commercially inactive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Flat sales for the month.
    Prices remained flat.
    A flat market.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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