Flat
nounAdjective
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
“a flat desk”
“skirts sewn with fine flat seams”
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
“a flat two-dimensional painting”
Similar:2-dimensionalTwo-dimensionalnot modified or restricted by reservations
“a flat refusal”
not reflecting light; not glossy
“flat wall paint”
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
“a flat joke”
Similar:Blandstretched out and lying at full length along the ground
“found himself lying flat on the floor”
Similar:Prostratecommercially inactive
“flat sales for the month”
“prices remained flat”
“a flat market”
having lost effervescence
“flat beer”
“a flat cola”
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
“flat computer monitors”
horizontally level
“a flat roof”
lacking taste or flavor or tang
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Similar:Compressed(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
“B flat”
lacking contrast or shading between tones
Noun
a level tract of land
“the salt flats of Utah”
Type of:ChampaignFieldPlaina deflated pneumatic tire
freight car without permanent sides or roof
Similar:FlatbedFlatcara suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Similar:ApartmentType of:HousingLodginga musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
Type of:Boxscenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
Type of:SceneScenery
Adverb
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
“came out flat for less work and more pay”
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- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Flatbed
- Flatcar
- Apartment
- 2-dimensional
- Two-dimensional
- Directly
- Straight
- Categoric
- Categorical
- Unconditional
- Mat
- Matt
- Matte
- Matted
- Bland