flat
/ˈflæt/noun, adjective, adverb1 syllable
Flat means: lacking taste or flavor or tang.
Synonyms for flat58
noun, as in freight car without permanent sides or roof
noun, as in a deflated pneumatic tire
noun, as in a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
adjective, as in lacking taste or flavor or tang
adjective, as in not modified or restricted by reservations
adjective, as in sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
adjective, as in having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
adjective, as in lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
adjective, as in lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
adjective, as in having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
adjective, as in stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
adjective, as in flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
adjective, as in having lost effervescence
adjective, as in horizontally level
adjective, as in commercially inactive
also used for flat
Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Opposites of flat
What does flat mean?24
adjective
lacking taste or flavor or tang“a bland diet”
not reflecting light; not glossy“flat wall paint”
not modified or restricted by reservations“a categorical denial”
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch“the owl's faint monotonous hooting”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another“a flat desk”
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting“a bland little drama”
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth“a film with two-dimensional characters”
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness“flat computer monitors”
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground“found himself lying flat on the floor”
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
having lost effervescence“flat beer”
horizontally level“a flat roof”
commercially inactive“flat sales for the month”
lacking contrast or shading between tones
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone“B flat”
noun
freight car without permanent sides or roof
a deflated pneumatic tire
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
a level tract of land“the salt flats of Utah”
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
adverb
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly“he didn't answer directly”
with flat sails“sail flat against the wind”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with flat?20
Flat in a sentence
- You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?unknown
- Mummy, that man just fell flat on his face!fcbond
- A warm, lazy breeze wafts across the flat, endless fields.darinmex
- No matter how flat you make a pancake, it always has two sides.Spamster
- Since the flat is actually a hotel, will the room be cleaned every day?DostKaplan
- The flat is really nice, but there's hardly any room to put things away.sundown
- The flat is really nice, but there's hardly any storage space.sundown
- I like to perform magic tricks for kids, but they sometimes fall flat.Dejo
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of flat
as a noun
- plural
- flats
as a adjective
- comparative
- flatter
- superlative
- flattest