flat
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- a flat desk
- skirts sewn with fine flat seams
Similar word(s): even, level, plane
2. having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- flat computer monitors
Similar word(s): planar
3. not modified or restricted by reservations
- a flat refusal
Similar word(s): unqualified, categoric, categorical, unconditional
4. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- found himself lying flat on the floor
Similar word(s): unerect, prostrate
5. lacking contrast or shading between tones
6. (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- B flat
7. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Similar word(s): thin, compressed
8. lacking taste or flavor or tang
Similar word(s): tasteless, bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
9. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- a flat joke
Similar word(s): unexciting, unstimulating, bland
10. having lost effervescence
- flat beer
- a flat cola
Similar word(s): noneffervescent
11. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
Similar word(s): unmodulated, monotone, monotonic, monotonous
12. horizontally level
- a flat roof
Similar word(s): horizontal
13. lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- a flat two-dimensional painting
Similar word(s): multidimensional
14. not reflecting light; not glossy
- flat wall paint
Similar word(s): dull, mat, matt, matte, matted
15. commercially inactive
- flat sales for the month
- prices remained flat
- a flat market
Similar word(s): inactive
Sentences with flat as an adjective:
- The land around here is flat.
- The party was a bit flat.
- His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
- I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
- That girl is completely flat on both sides.
- The market is flat.
- Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
adverb
1. with flat sails
- sail flat against the wind
2. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- came out flat for less work and more pay
Similar word(s): directly, straight
Sentences with flat as an adverb:
- Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
- I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
- He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
- I am flat broke this month.
noun
1. a level tract of land
- the salt flats of Utah
Definition categories: object, champaign, field, plain
2. a shallow box in which seedlings are started
Definition categories: man–made, box
3. a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
Definition categories: communication
4. freight car without permanent sides or roof
Similar word(s): flatbed, flatcar
Definition categories: man–made
5. a deflated pneumatic tire
Definition categories: man–made
6. scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
Definition categories: man–made, scene, scenery
7. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Similar word(s): apartment
Definition categories: man–made, housing, lodging
Sentences with flat as a noun:
- She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
- a flat of strawberries
verb
1. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
2. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
3. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
4. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
5. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
6. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.