flat

Definitions of flat in various dictionaries:

noun - a level tract of land

noun - a shallow box in which seedlings are started

noun - a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

noun - freight car without permanent sides or roof

noun - a deflated pneumatic tire

noun - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas

noun - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

adj - having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

adj - having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

adj - not modified or restricted by reservations

adj - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

adj - lacking contrast or shading between tones

adj - (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

adj - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

adj - lacking taste or flavor or tang

adj - lacking stimulating characteristics

adj - having lost effervescence

adj - sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

adj - horizontally level

adj - lacking the expected range or depth

adj - not reflecting light

adj - commercially inactive

adv - with flat sails

adv - in a forthright manner

Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature.

Having a smooth, even, level surface: a skirt sewed with fine flat seams.

Stretched out or lying at full length along the ground; prone.

Free of qualification; absolute: a flat refusal.

Fixed; unvarying: a flat rate.

Lacking interest or excitement; dull: a flat scenario.

Lacking in flavor: a flat stew that needs salt.

Having lost effervescence or sparkle: flat beer.

Deflated.

Electrically discharged.

Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity: A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.

Commercially inactive; sluggish: flat sales for the month.

Unmodulated; monotonous: a flat voice.

Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform: “The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells” (Anne Tyler).

Not glossy; mat: flat paint.

Music.

Being below the correct pitch.

Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat.

Designating the vowel a as pro noun ced in bad or cat.

Taut.

Level with the ground; horizontally.

On or up against a flat surface; at full length.

So as to be flat.

Directly; completely: went flat against the rules; flat broke.

Exactly; precisely: arrived in six minutes flat.

Below the intended pitch.

Without interest charge.

A flat surface or part.

Often flats.

A shallow frame or box for seeds or seedlings.

Stage scenery on a movable wooden frame.

A flatcar.

A deflated tire.

A shoe with a flat heel.

A large flat piece of mail.

A horse that competes in a flat race.

Music.

A sign (’) affixed to a note to indicate that it is to be lowered by a half step.

A note that is lowered a half step.

The area of the field to either side of an offensive formation.

To make flat; flatten.

To lower (a note) a semitone.

An apartment on one floor of a building.

A story in a house.

adj - having a smooth or even surface

verb - to make or become flat