flat
 I. flat1 (flăt)adj. flat·ter, flat·test
1. Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature.
2. Having a smooth, even, level surface:
a skirt sewed with fine flat seams.
3. Having a relatively broad surface in relation to thickness or depth:
a flat board.
See Synonyms at level.
4. Stretched out or lying at full length along the ground; prone.
5. Free of qualification; absolute:
a flat refusal.
6. Fixed; unvarying:
a flat rate.
7. Lacking interest or excitement; dull:
a flat scenario.
8.
a. Lacking in flavor:
a flat stew that needs salt.
b. Having lost effervescence or sparkle:
flat beer.
9.
a. Deflated. Used of a tire.
b. Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.
10. Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity:
A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.
11. Commercially inactive; sluggish:
flat sales for the month.
12. Unmodulated; monotonous:
a flat voice.
13. Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform: “The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells” (Anne Tyler).
14. Not glossy; mat:
flat paint.
15. Music.
a. Being below the correct pitch.
b. Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key:
the key of B flat.
16. Designating the vowel a as pronounced in bad or cat.
17. Nautical. Taut. Used of a sail.adv.
1.
a. Level with the ground; horizontally.
b. On or up against a flat surface; at full length.
2. So as to be flat.
3.
a. Directly; completely:
went flat against the rules; flat broke.
b. Exactly; precisely:
arrived in six minutes flat.
4. Music. Below the intended pitch.
5. Business. Without interest charge.n.
1. A flat surface or part.
2. A stretch of level ground. Often used in the plural:
salt flats.
3. A shallow frame or box for seeds or seedlings.
4. A movable section of stage scenery, usually consisting of a wooden frame and a decorated panel of wood or cloth.
5. A flatcar.
6. A deflated tire.
7. A shoe with a flat heel.
8. A large flat piece of mail.
9. A horse that competes in a flat race. Also called runner.
10. Music.
a. A sign (♭) used to indicate that a note is to be lowered by a half step.
b. A note that is lowered a half step.
11. Football. The area of the field to either side of an offensive formation.v. flat·ted, flat·ting, flatsv. tr.
1. To make flat; flatten.
2. Music. To lower (a note) a semitone.v. intr. Music
To sing or play below the proper pitch. [Middle English, from Old Norse flatr. See plat- in Indo-European Roots.] flatʹly adv.flatʹness n. II. flat2 (flăt)n.
1. An apartment on one floor of a building.
2. Archaic. A story in a house. [Alteration of Scots flet, inner part of a house, from Middle English, from Old English, floor, dwelling. See plat- in Indo-European Roots.]
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