flat /flæt/
1. a level tract of land; "the salt flats of Utah"
synset: flat
2. a shallow box in which seedlings are started
synset: flat
3. a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
synset: flat
4. freight car without permanent sides or roof
synset: flatcar, flatbed, flat
6. scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
synset: flat
7. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
1. 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"
2. having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors"
synset: flat
3. not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
synset: categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional
4. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
5. lacking contrast or shading between tones
synset: flat
6. (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
synset: flat
7. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
synset: compressed, flat
8. lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
synset: bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
9. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
10. having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
synset: flat
11. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
synset: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous
12. horizontally level; "a flat roof"
synset: flat
13. 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"
synset: two-dimensional, 2-dimensional, flat
14. not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
synset: flat, mat, matt, matte, matted
15. commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"
synset: flat
1. with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
synset: flat
2. 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"
synset: directly, flat, straight
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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