Definitions of FLAT in various dictionaries:
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a level tract of land
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a shallow box in which seedlings are started
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a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
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freight car without permanent sides or roof
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a deflated pneumatic tire
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scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas
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a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
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having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
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not modified or restricted by reservations
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stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
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lacking contrast or shading between tones
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(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
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flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
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lacking taste or flavor or tang
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lacking stimulating characteristics
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having lost effervescence
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sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
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horizontally level
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lacking the expected range or depth
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not reflecting light
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commercially inactive
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with flat sails
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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