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| 1. | [ adjective ] having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another | |
| Synonyms: | level plane | |
| Examples: | "a flat desk" "acres of level farmland" "a plane surface" |
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| Related terms: | even | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] having no depth or thickness | |
| Related terms: | planar | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] stretched out and lying at full length along the ground | |
| Synonyms: | prostrate | |
| Examples: | "found himself lying flat on the floor" |
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| Related terms: | unerect | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not modified or restricted by reservations | |
| Synonyms: | categorical unconditional categoric | |
| Examples: | "a categorical denial" "a flat refusal" |
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| Related terms: | unqualified | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (geography) a level tract of land | |
| Related terms: | plain salt_flat | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (photography) lacking contrast or shading between tones | |
| Related terms: | contrasty photography underdeveloped | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a shallow box in which seedlings are started | |
| Related terms: | box | |
| 8. | [ adverb ] at full length | |
| Examples: | "he fell flat on his face" |
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| 9. | [ adjective ] parallel to the ground | |
| Examples: | "a flat roof" |
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| Related terms: | horizontal | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] not reflecting light; not glossy | |
| Synonyms: | matt matte matted mat | |
| Examples: | "flat wall paint" "a photograph with a matte finish" |
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| Related terms: | dull | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] lacking variety in shading | |
| Examples: | "a flat unshaded painting" |
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| Related terms: | unshaded | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] (of a tire) completely or partially deflated | |
| Related terms: | deflated | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] having lost effervescence | |
| Examples: | "flat beer" "a flat cola" |
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| Related terms: | noneffervescent | |
| 14. | [ noun ] (transportation) freight car without permanent sides or roof | |
| Synonyms: | flatbed flatcar | |
| Related terms: | freight_car | |
| 15. | [ adjective ] lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth | |
| Synonyms: | two-dimensional | |
| Examples: | "a film with two-dimensional characters" "a flat two-dimensional painting" |
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| Related terms: | multidimensional | |
| 16. | [ noun ] (theater) scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting | |
| Related terms: | scenery coulisse tormenter mise_en_scene | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] not made with leavening | |
| Synonyms: | unraised | |
| Examples: | "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough" |
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| Related terms: | unleavened | |
| 18. | [ adjective ] (music) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone | |
| Examples: | "B flat" |
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| Related terms: | natural sharp music | |
| 19. | [ adjective ] not increasing as the amount taxed increases | |
| Synonyms: | fixed | |
| Related terms: | regressive | |
| 20. | [ adjective ] lacking taste or flavor or tang | |
| Synonyms: | bland insipid flavourless savorless vapid flavorless | |
| Examples: | "a bland diet" "insipid hospital food" "flavorless supermarket tomatoes" "vapid beer" "vapid tea" |
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| Related terms: | tasteless | |
| 21. | [ adjective ] (biology) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | |
| Synonyms: | compressed | |
| Related terms: | biology thin | |
| 22. | [ adjective ] lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting | |
| Synonyms: | bland | |
| Examples: | "a bland little drama" "a flat joke" |
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| Related terms: | unstimulating | |
| 23. | [ adjective ] lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth | |
| Synonyms: | two-dimensional | |
| Examples: | "a film with two-dimensional characters" "a flat two-dimensional painting" |
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| Related terms: | multidimensional | |
| 24. | [ adverb ] in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | |
| Synonyms: | straight directly | |
| Examples: | "he didn't answer directly" "told me straight out" "came out flat for less work and more pay" |
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| Related terms: | indirectly direct direct | |
| 25. | [ adverb ] wholly or completely | |
| Examples: | "He is flat broke" |
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| 26. | [ noun ] (music) a notation indicating one half step lower than the note named | |
| Related terms: | musical_notation double_flat | |
| 27. | [ adverb ] against a flat surface | |
| Examples: | "he lay flat on his back" |
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| 28. | [ adverb ] with flat sails | |
| Examples: | "sail flat against the wind" |
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| 29. | [ adverb ] below the proper pitch | |
| Examples: | "she sang flat last night" |
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| 30. | [ adjective ] without pleats | |
| Synonyms: | unpleated | |
| Related terms: | unfolded | |
| 31. | [ noun ] (transportation) a deflated pneumatic tire | |
| Synonyms: | flat_tire | |
| Related terms: | pneumatic_tire | |
| 32. | [ adjective ] lacking taste or flavor or tang | |
| Synonyms: | bland insipid flavourless savorless savourless vapid flavorless | |
| Examples: | "a bland diet" "insipid hospital food" "flavorless supermarket tomatoes" "vapid beer" "vapid tea" |
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| Related terms: | tasteless | |
| 33. | [ noun ] (housing) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house | |
| Synonyms: | apartment | |
| Related terms: | housing suite penthouse walk-up_apartment bedsitting_room railroad_flat duplex_apartment maisonnette efficiency_apartment studio_apartment flatlet cold-water_flat apartment_building kitchenette | |
| Similar spelling: |
float Flatt floaty flit flute flout Flett Fleta fleet Flythe Fluitt |
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