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

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