flat

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having no variations in height.

   • The land around here is flat.
2. 2

   Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.

   • The exchange rate has been flat for several weeks.
3. 3

   Lacking liveliness or action

   Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.

   • The party was a bit flat.
   • The market is flat today as most traders are on holiday.
   • The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.
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   1. 4

      Lowered by one semitone.

   2. 5

      Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

      • Your A string is flat.
   3. 6

      Absolute

      Absolute; downright; peremptory.

      • His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.
      • I'm not going to the party and that's flat.
   4. 7

      Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

   5. 8

      With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no…

      With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

   6. 9

      Lacking acidity without being sweet.

   7. 10

      Unable to emit power

      Unable to emit power; dead.

   8. 11

      Without spin

      Without spin; spinless.

   9. 12

      Sonant

      Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.

   10. 13

       Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an…

       Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".

       • Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.
   11. 14

       Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.

   12. 15

       Flattening at the ends.

   13. 16

       Exact.

       • He finished the race in a flat four minutes.
   14. 17

       Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on…

       Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.

   15. 18

       Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).

   16. 19

       Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).

   17. 20

       Having little froth and little milk.

   18. 21

       Foolish

       Foolish; simple-minded.

       • We either burns the old brooms, or, if we can, we sells ’em for a ha’penny to some other boy, if he’s flat enough to buy ’em.
   19. 22

       So as to be flat.

       • Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.
   20. 23

       Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.

       • I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
       • "You'll understand this flat, I won't be fooled about by you any longer."
   21. 24

       Exactly, precisely.

       • In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
       • Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.
       • I play doctor for five minutes flat Before I cut my heart open and let the air out
   22. 25

       Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.

       • He can run a mile in four minutes flat.
       • Found my coat and grabbed my hat / Made the bus in seconds flat
   23. 26

       Without parole.

   24. 27

       Completely.

       • I am flat broke this month.
   25. 28

       Directly

       Directly; flatly.

       • Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty.
   26. 29

       Without allowance for accrued interest.

       • The bonds are trading flat.
   27. 30

       An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).

       • The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.
       • the eastern end of the salt flat; mud flat, tidal flat, flood flat
       • Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat.
   28. 31

       A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed…

       A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).

       • The key of E♭ has three flats.
   29. 32

       A flat tyre/flat tire.

       • The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.
   30. 33

       A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.

       • She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.
   31. 34

       A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

   32. 35

       A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.

   33. 36

       The most prominent flat part of something.

   34. 37

       A wide, shallow container or pallet.

       • a flat of strawberries
   35. 38

       Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).

       • Waiter: Would you like sparkling or flat? Guest: Flat, thank you.
   36. 39

       A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines,…

       A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.

   37. 40

       A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides

       A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.

   38. 41

       A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.

       • The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres.
   39. 42

       A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

   40. 43

       A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

   41. 44

       A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

   42. 45

       A flat sheet for use on a bed.

       • You might think that Americans buy roughly the same number of fitted sheets as flats. Or, considering the market for electric blankets, duvets, and other covers, that consumers buy even more bottom sheets, simply forgoing the tops.
   43. 46

       A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.

       • This same publisher notes pricing is a crucial factor in the mass market field of $1, $1.95 and $2.95 "flats."
   44. 47

       A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.

   45. 48

       A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein

       A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

   46. 49

       A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in…

       A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.

   47. 50

       Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.

   48. 51

       An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.

       • Among the many US museums hosting flats, we may mention the Toy Soldier Museum in the Pocono Mountains, supervised by the historian, collector and dealer J. Hillestad.
   49. 52

       A dull fellow

       A dull fellow; a simpleton.

       • […] if you cannot make a speech, Because you are a flat, Go very quietly and drop A button in the hat!
       • "He fancies he can play at billiards," said he. "I won two hundred of him at the Cocoa-Tree. HE play, the young flat! […]"
   50. 53

       Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).

   51. 54

       A flat (i.e. plane) mirror

       • "When sampling the aperture of a telescope, using auto-collimating flats (ACFs) is more economical"
   52. 55

       A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.

       • He would slip in his six-ace flats, shaved dice that were made to bring up sevens. He'd throw them just long enough to get well, and then replace them with legitimate cubes.
   53. 56

       A 24-case of beer.

   54. 57

       To make a flat call

       To make a flat call; to call without raising.

   55. 58

       To become flat or flattened

       To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

   56. 59

       To fall from the pitch.

   57. 60

       To depress in tone, as a musical note

       To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

   58. 61

       To make flat

       To make flat; to flatten; to level.

       • The pods, which seldom contain less than thirty nuts of the size of a flatted olive, grow upon the stem and principal branches.
   59. 62

       To render dull, insipid, or spiritless

       To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

       • Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted.
   60. 63

       A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent

       • The excellence of French flats is so well known in America, that the owner will often refer to his property as "first class French flats."
       • A kiss may be grand but it won’t pay the rental on your humble flat or help you at the automat.
       • [NICELY]When you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent for a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal. [BOTH]Call it sad, call it funny but it’s better than even money that the guy’s only doing it for some doll.
   61. 64

       To beat or strike

       To beat or strike; pound

   62. 65

       To dash or throw

   63. 66

       To dash, rush

The neighborhood

• synonymevenhaving no variations in altitude
• synonymplanarhaving no variations in altitude
• synonymplanehaving no variations in altitude
• synonymsmoothhaving no variations in altitude
• synonymuniformhaving no variations in altitude
• synonymboringuninteresting
• synonymdull
• synonymuninteresting
• synonymunfizzy
• synonymnoneffervescent
• synonymtopsnot exceeding
• antonymbumpyantonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”
• antonymcrateredantonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”
• antonymhillyantonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”
• antonymroughantonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”
• antonymwrinkledantonym(s) of “having no variations in altitude”
• antonymsharpantonym(s) of
• antonymhigh heelsantonym(s) of “shoes”