flat

• (r) with flat sails
  • sail flat against the wind
• (s) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
  • a flat desk
  • acres of level farmland
  • a plane surface
  • skirts sewn with fine flat seams
  level, plane,
• (s) having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
  • flat computer monitors
• (r) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
  • he didn't answer directly
  • told me straight out
  • came out flat for less work and more pay
  straight, directly,
• (s) not modified or restricted by reservations
  • a categorical denial
  • a flat refusal
  categoric, categorical, unconditional,
• (s) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
  • found himself lying flat on the floor
  prostrate,
• (a) lacking contrast or shading between tones
• (a) (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
  • B flat
• (s) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) compressed,
• (s) lacking taste or flavor or tang
  • a bland diet
  • insipid hospital food
  • flavorless supermarket tomatoes
  • vapid beer
  • vapid tea
  bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid,
• (s) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
  • a bland little drama
  • a flat joke
  bland,
• (s) having lost effervescence
  • flat beer
  • a flat cola
• (s) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  • the owl's faint monotonous hooting
  monotone, monotonic, monotonous,
• (s) horizontally level
  • a flat roof
• (s) lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
  • a film with two-dimensional characters
  • a flat two-dimensional painting
  2-dimensional, two-dimensional,
• (s) not reflecting light; not glossy
  • flat wall paint
  • a photograph with a matte finish
  mat, matt, matte, matted,
• (s) commercially inactive
  • flat sales for the month
  • prices remained flat
  • a flat market

Nouns

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

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