Flat - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |flæt|  American pronunciation of the word flat
Brit.  |flæt|  British pronunciation of the word flat

noun

- a level tract of land
the salt flats of Utah
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- freight car without permanent sides or roof (syn: flatcar)
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house (syn: apartment)

adjective

- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another (syn: level, plane)
a flat desk
skirts sewn with fine flat seams
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
flat computer monitors
- not modified or restricted by reservations (syn: categorical, unconditional)
a flat refusal
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground (syn: prostrate)
found himself lying flat on the floor
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) (syn: compressed)
- lacking taste or flavor or tang (syn: bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savourless, vapid)
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting (syn: bland)
a flat joke
- having lost effervescence
flat beer
a flat cola
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch (syn: monotone, monotonous)
- horizontally level
a flat roof
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth (syn: two-dimensional)
a flat two-dimensional painting
- not reflecting light; not glossy (syn: mat, matt, matte, matted)
flat wall paint
- commercially inactive
flat sales for the month
prices remained flat
a flat market

adverb

- with flat sails
sail flat against the wind
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly (syn: directly, straight)
came out flat for less work and more pay

Extra examples

Coins are usually round and flat.

Lay the map flat on the desk.

He slipped and landed flat on his back.

We asked for more time but they turned us down flat.

He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand.

The hunters waded into the flats, looking vainly for ducks.

The thruway is the worst possible place to have a flat.

They took their naps, lying flat on the floor.

The ladder was standing flat against the side wall.

The lower meadow is absolutely flat.

The ginger ale went flat after being left open.

Life is very flat in your town.

He is always appreciative of the flattest joke.

Her voice was flat, with no question or hope in it.

The senator issued a flat denial of all charges.

Word forms

noun
singular: flat
plural: flats
adjective
comparative: flatter
superlative: flattest
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