flat

flat: flat¹

adjective (flatter, flattest)

1》 having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

    ↘not sloping.

    ↘having a broad level surface but little height or depth: a flat box.

    ↘(of shoes) without high heels.

2》 dull; lifeless: a flat voice.

    ↘showing little or no activity: sales were flat.

    ↘(of a photograph) lacking contrast.

3》 (of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence.

4》 Brit. (of a battery) having exhausted its charge.

5》 (of something kept inflated) having lost some or all of its air.

6》 (of a fee, charge, or price) unvarying; fixed: a flat rate of £250.

7》 (of a negative statement) definite and firm: a flat denial.

8》 (of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.

    ↘[postposition] (of a key) having a flat or flats in the signature.

    ↘[postposition] (of a note) a semitone lower than a specified note.

adverb

1》 in or to a horizontal position.

    ↘lying in close juxtaposition to a surface.

    ↘so as to become level and even.

2》 informal completely; absolutely: I'm turning you down flat.

3》 emphasizing the speed of an action or task: prepare a meal in ten minutes flat.

4》 below the true or normal pitch of musical sound.

noun

1》 the flat part of something.

    ↘(flats) shoes with a very low heel or no heel.

2》 (flats) an area of low level ground, especially near water.

3》 informal a flat tyre.

4》 an upright section of stage scenery.

5》 (the Flat) Brit. flat racing.

6》 a musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.

    ↘the sign () indicating this.

7》 N. Amer. a shallow container in which seedlings are grown.

verb (flats, flatting, flatted)

1》 [usu. as adjective flatted] N. Amer. Music lower (a note) by a semitone.

2》 archaic flatten.

Phrases

fall flat fail to produce the intended effect.

flat out

1》 as fast or as hard as possible.

2》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. unequivocally.

3》 lying down in a state of exhaustion.

Derivatives

flatly adverb

flatness noun

flattish adjective

Origin

ME: from ON flatr.

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flat²

noun chiefly Brit. a set of rooms comprising an individual place of residence within a larger building.

verb (flats, flatting, flatted) Austral./NZ live in or share a flat.

Phrases

go flatting Austral./NZ leave one's family home to live in a flat.

Derivatives

flatlet noun

Origin

C19: alt. of obs. flet 'floor, dwelling', of Gmc origin and related to flat¹.

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Synonyms:

Level, horizontal, champaign (said of an extent of land), Shoal, shallow, strand, bar, sand bank / Even, plane, smooth, without prominences, Plain, lowland, level piece of country, champaign / Low, prostrate, level with the ground, laid low, Simpleton, ninny / Dull, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, frigid, tame, prosaic, uninteresting, pointless, Floor, story, apartment / Vapid, tasteless, insipid, stale, dead, flashy, mawkish / Peremptory, absolute, positive, downright / Below true pitch / Lower by a semitone, a semitone lower

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flat — flat … Dictionnaire des rimes
Flat — (fl[a^]t), a. [Compar. {Flatter} (fl[a^]t r[ e]r); superl. {Flattest} (fl[a^]t t[e^]st).] [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. fl[ o]tz stratum, layer.] 1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flat — flat1 [flat] adj. flatter, flattest [ME < ON flatr, akin to OHG flaz < IE * plāt, plēt , wide, flat (> Gr platys, broad, OE flet, floor) < base * plā , broad] 1. having a smooth, level surface; having little or no depression or… … English World dictionary
flat — Ⅰ. flat [1] ► ADJECTIVE (flatter, flattest) 1) having a level and even surface. 2) not sloping. 3) with a level surface and little height or depth: a flat cap. 4) (of shoes) without high heels. 5) … English terms dictionary
Flat — or flats may refer to:* Flatness * Flat (music), a symbol which denotes a lower pitch (music|flat) * Flat, an apartment within a residential building * Flat (geometry), the generalization of lines and planes in an n dimensional Euclidean space *… … Wikipedia
flat — 〈[ flæ̣t] Mus.〉 um einen halben Ton erniedrigt, z. B. D flat = Des; Ggs sharp [engl., „flach, tief, erniedrigt“] * * * Flat [flɛt], die; , s (ugs.): Kurzf. von ↑ Flatrate. * * * flat [flæt; … Universal-Lexikon
Flat — (englisch für flach) steht für eine gerade Kante an der Seite eines Wafers, siehe Flat (Wafer) Flatrate, Pauschaltarif in der Telekommunikationsbranche Flat Tax, ein einstufiger Einkommensteuertarif Flattop, eine Frisur Flat ist Ortsname von:… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Flat — Flat, n. 1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats. [1913 Webster] Envy is as the sunbeams that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
flat — adj, flat·ter; flat·test 1) being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions <the EEG is ominously flat indicating that her brain function is gone (Don Gold)> 2) characterized by general impoverishment in… … Medical dictionary
flat — ● flat adjectif masculin (ancien français flac, mou) Se dit d un ver à soie atteint de flacherie. ● flat nom masculin (anglais flat, appartement) En Belgique, petit appartement, studio. ● flat (homonymes) nom masculin (anglais flat, appartement) … Encyclopédie Universelle
flat — flat, flatly The dominant adverbial form flatly is always used figuratively with words of denial and rejection such as contradict, deny, oppose, refuse, and reject. Flat is used in fixed expressions such as flat broke and turn something down flat … Modern English usage

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