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42 Definitions of: flat

1. adjective, horizontal; level
2. adjective, even or smooth, without projections or depressions
3. adjective, lying stretched out at full length; prostrate
4. adjective, having little depth or thickness; shallow
5. adjective, having a surface or side in complete contact with another surface
6. adjective, spread out, unrolled, or levelled
7. adjective, (of a tyre) deflated, either partially or completely
8. adjective, (of shoes) having an unraised or only slightly raised heel
9. adjective, a) (of races, racetracks, or racecourses) not having obstacles to be jumped b) of, relating to, or connected with flat racing as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling
10. adjective, without qualification; total
11. adjective, without possibility of change; fixed
12. adjective, neither more nor less; exact
13. adjective, unexciting or lacking point or interest
14. adjective, without variation or resonance; monotonous
15. adjective, (of food) stale or tasteless
16. adjective, (of beer, sparkling wines, etc) having lost effervescence, as by exposure to air
17. adjective, (of trade, business, a market, etc) commercially inactive; sluggish
18. adjective, (of a battery) fully discharged; dead
19. adjective, (of a print, photograph, or painting) lacking contrast or shading between tones
20. adjective, (of paint) without gloss or lustre; matt
21. adjective, (of a painting) lacking perspective
22. adjective, (of lighting) diffuse
23. adjective, music a) denoting a note of a given letter name (or the sound it represents) that has been lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone b) (of an instrument, voice, etc) out of tune by being too low in pitch. Compare sharp
24. adjective, phonetics. another word for lenis
25. adjective, flat a phonetics the vowel sound of a as in the usual US or S Brit pronunciation of hand, cat, usually represented by the symbol (æ)
26. adverb, in or into a prostrate, level, or flat state or position
27. adverb, completely or utterly; absolutely
28. adverb, exactly; precisely
29. adverb, music a) lower than a standard pitch b) too low in pitch. Compare sharp
30. adverb, fall flat to fail to achieve a desired effect, etc
31. adverb, flat out a) with the maximum speed or effort b) totally exhausted
32. noun, a flat object, surface, or part
33. noun, a low-lying tract of land, esp a marsh or swamp
34. noun, a mud bank exposed at low tide
35. noun, music a) an accidental that lowers the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone. Usual symbol: b) a note affected by this accidental. Compare sharp
36. noun, theatre a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc, used to form part of a stage setting
37. noun, a punctured car tyre
38. noun, (often cap; preceded by the) a) flat racing, esp as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling b) the season of flat racing
39. noun, nautical a flatboat or lighter
40. noun, a shallow box or container, used for holding plants, growing seedlings, etc
41. verb, to make or become flat
42. verb, music. the usual US word for flatten
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1. noun, a set of rooms comprising a residence entirely on one floor of a building. Usual US and Canadian name: apartment
2. noun, a portion of a house used as separate living quarters
3. noun, a house shared with people who are not members of one's own family
4. verb, to live in a flat (with someone)
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Synonyms:	positive, monotonous, plain, strand, shallow, marsh, swamp, shoal, lowland, mud flat	And more...
Antonyms:	uneven, upright, exciting

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