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Flat

Noun1.flat - a level tract of land
champaign, plain, field - extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
salt flat, salt plain - a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
2.flat - a shallow box in which seedlings are started
box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
3.flat - a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
musical notation - a notation used by musicians
double flat - a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones
4.flat - freight car without permanent sides or roof
freight car - a railway car that carries freight
5.flat - a deflated pneumatic tire
pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc
6.flat - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
coulisse, wing flat - a flat situated in the wings
mise en scene, stage setting, setting - arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
scenery, scene - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery"
tormenter, tormentor, teaser - a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
7.flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments
bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room - a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)
cold-water flat - an apartment without modern conveniences
duplex apartment, duplex - an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
efficiency apartment - a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom
flatlet - a tiny flat
housing, living accommodations, lodging - housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed
kitchenette - small kitchen
maisonette, maisonnette - a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside
penthouse - an apartment located on the top floors of a building
railroad flat - an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
studio apartment, studio - an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen
rooms, suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
walk-up, walk-up apartment - an apartment in a building without an elevator
Adj.1.flat - having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"
even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window"
2.flat - having no depth or thickness
planar, two-dimensional - involving two dimensions
3.flat - not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial"
4.flat - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
unerect - not upright in position or posture
5.flat - lacking contrast or shading between tones
photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
contrasty - having sharp differences between black and white
6.flat - lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
natural - of a key containing no sharps or flats; "B natural"
sharp - raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "C sharp"
7.flat - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint"
8.flat - lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
tasteless - lacking flavor
9.flat - lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
10.flat - having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
noneffervescent - not effervescent
11.flat - not increasing as the amount taxed increases
regressive - (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases
12.flat - not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough"
unleavened - made without leavening; "unleavened bread is often simply flour mixed with water"
13.flat - parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"
horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
14.flat - without pleats
unfolded - spread or opened out; "an unfolded newspaper"; "unfolded wings"
15.flat - 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"
multidimensional - having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects; "multidimensional problems"; "a multidimensional proposition"; "a multidimensional personality"
16.flat - (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
deflated - collapsed through the release of gas or air
17.flat - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
dull - emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"
18.flat - lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"
unshaded - (of pictures) not having shadow represented; "unshaded drawings resembling cartoons"
Adv.1.flat - at full length; "he fell flat on his face"
2.flat - with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
3.flat - below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"
4.flat - against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"
5.flat - 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"
6.flat - wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"

 

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