FLAT

flat

1. [Adjective]: lacking contrast or shading between tones

2. [Adjective]: lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"

3. [Noun]: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

4. [Noun]: a deflated pneumatic tire

5. [Noun]: freight car without permanent sides or roof

6. [Noun]: a level tract of land

7. [Noun]: scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

8. [Noun]: a shallow box in which seedlings are started

9. [Noun]: a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

10. [Adverb]: against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"

11. [Adverb]: with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"

12. [Adverb]: wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"

13. [Adverb]: at full length; "he fell flat on his face"

14. [Adverb]: below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"

15. [Adverb]: 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"

16. parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"

17. not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough"

18. not increasing as the amount taxed increases

19. having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"

20. lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"

21. not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"

22. having no depth or thickness

23. having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"

24. without pleats

25. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"

26. not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"

27. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"

28. lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"

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

30. (of a tire) completely or partially deflated

31. 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"

Similar words to 'flat'

Opposite words to 'flat'


Try another search!


Look up words in the English4.Today Online Dictionary and add them to your own personal dictionary for vocabulary practice.

All you need to start your own personal dictionary web is a free English4.Today membership.

English4.today Podcasts

Get immediate access to grammar tests, quizzes, exercises, pronuciation practice, vocabulary building, courses, and an online community all wanting to improve their English and help you improve yours! Standard membership is FREE!!