flat
flat - noun
a level tract of land
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
freight car without permanent sides or roof
a deflated pneumatic tire
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
flat - adjective
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having lost effervescence
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- horizontally level
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- commercially inactive
flat - adverb
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
flat - thesaurus
apartment
bland
categoric
categorical
compressed
directly
flatbed
flatcar
flavorless
flavourless
insipid
level
mat
matt
matte
matted
monotone
monotonic
monotonous
plane
prostrate
savorless
savourless
straight
unconditional
vapid