flat
Definition (noun): a level tract of land
Example: the salt flats of Utah
Definition (noun): a shallow box in which seedlings are started
Definition (noun): a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
Definition (noun): freight car without permanent sides or roof
Definition (noun): a deflated pneumatic tire
Definition (noun): scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
Definition (noun): a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Definition (adjective): having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
Example: a flat desk
Definition (adjective): having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
Example: acres of level farmland
Definition (adjective): having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
Example: a plane surface
Definition (adjective): having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
Example: skirts sewn with fine flat seams
Definition (adjective): having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
Example: flat computer monitors
Definition (adjective): not modified or restricted by reservations
Example: a categorical denial
Definition (adjective): not modified or restricted by reservations
Example: a flat refusal
Definition (adjective): stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
Example: found himself lying flat on the floor
Definition (adjective): lacking contrast or shading between tones
Definition (adjective): (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Example: B flat
Definition (adjective): flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Definition (adjective): lacking taste or flavor or tang
Example: a bland diet
Definition (adjective): lacking taste or flavor or tang
Example: insipid hospital food
Definition (adjective): lacking taste or flavor or tang
Example: flavorless supermarket tomatoes
Definition (adjective): lacking taste or flavor or tang
Example: vapid beer
Definition (adjective): lacking taste or flavor or tang
Example: vapid tea
Definition (adjective): lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
Example: a bland little drama
Definition (adjective): lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
Example: a flat joke
Definition (adjective): having lost effervescence
Example: flat beer
Definition (adjective): having lost effervescence
Example: a flat cola
Definition (adjective): sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Example: the owl’s faint monotonous hooting
Definition (adjective): horizontally level
Example: a flat roof
Definition (adjective): lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
Example: a film with two-dimensional characters
Definition (adjective): lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
Example: a flat two-dimensional painting
Definition (adjective): not reflecting light; not glossy
Example: flat wall paint
Definition (adjective): not reflecting light; not glossy
Example: a photograph with a matte finish
Definition (adjective): commercially inactive
Example: flat sales for the month
Definition (adjective): commercially inactive
Example: prices remained flat
Definition (adjective): commercially inactive
Example: a flat market
Definition (adverb): with flat sails
Example: sail flat against the wind
Definition (adverb): in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Example: he didn’t answer directly
Definition (adverb): in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Example: told me straight out
Definition (adverb): in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
Example: came out flat for less work and more pay