Flat

English word definition — powered by WordNet

NOUN

a level tract of land

a shallow box in which seedlings are started

a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

freight car without permanent sides or roof

a deflated pneumatic tire

scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

ADJ

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

not modified or restricted by reservations

stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

lacking contrast or shading between tones

(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

lacking taste or flavor or tang

lacking stimulating characteristics

having lost effervescence

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

horizontally level

lacking the expected range or depth

not reflecting light

commercially inactive

ADV

with flat sails

in a forthright manner

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