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- pronunciation:
- flaet
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
flatter, flattest |
| definition 1: |
having a horizontal surface.
When there is snow or ice, we're always glad we have a flat driveway.Water doesn't collect on a slanted roof the way it does on a flat roof.- synonyms:
- horizontal, level, planar, plane
- antonyms:
- erect, inclined, inclined, slanted, vertical
- similar words:
- even
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| definition 2: |
having a surface lacking in elevations or depressions; level; smooth.
The land is very flat in that part of Texas, and we could see for miles around us.Some of the cookies have rounded tops, but the others are flat.
- synonyms:
- even, smooth
- antonyms:
- bumpy, curved, plump, rounded, uneven
- similar words:
- flush, level, plane, unbroken
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| definition 3: |
conforming to or pressing against a level surface.
I made sure the tablecloth was flat before the guests came.His hair was flat when he got out of the pool.- synonyms:
- horizontal, prostrate
- similar words:
- flush, low, prone, reclining, recumbent, supine
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| definition 4: |
definite; uncompromising.
She responded to their offer with a flat refusal.- synonyms:
- absolute, categorical, definite, explicit, unequivocal
- similar words:
- direct, firm, out-and-out, outright, peremptory, uncompromising, unconditional, unqualified
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| definition 5: |
lacking in variety, intensity, or flavor.
My days seem flat now since I've retired.He spoke in a flat voice that did not reveal the emotions he was feeling.The soup tasted a bit flat so I added more salt.- synonyms:
- bland, dull, lifeless, vapid
- similar words:
- boring, dead, insipid, jejune, monotonous, spiritless, stale, uninteresting
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| definition 6: |
deflated.
We had a flat tire on the first day of our trip.- synonyms:
- deflated
- antonyms:
- inflated
- similar words:
- collapsed, flattened, ruptured
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| definition 7: |
in music, lowered half a step in pitch. (Cf. sharp.)
The B is flat in the key of F major.- antonyms:
- sharp
- similar words:
- low
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| definition 8: |
no longer having carbonation.
Unfortunately, the champagne is flat.I don't mind drinking soda that is a little bit flat.- antonyms:
- fizzy
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| related words: |
arid, arrant, barren, bland, categorical, drab, dreary, dry, horizontal, humdrum, innocuous, lackluster, pale, pedestrian, prosaic, prostrate, sour, tame, tasteless, vapid, weak |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(often plural) something flat or having a long level expanse, such as an area of land.
Most of the factories were built on the flats outside of town.- synonyms:
- lowland
- similar words:
- bog, champaign, grassland, level, marsh, open, plain, prairie, shallow, steppe, table, tundra
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| definition 2: |
(often pl.) a type of woman's shoe with no heel or a very low heel.
She always wears flats these day; she's not comfortable wearing heels anymore.
- similar words:
- loafer, pump, sandal
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| definition 3: |
in theater, a wooden structure used as a framework for scenery.
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| definition 4: |
in music, a tone that is a half step lower than the specified one. (Cf. sharp.)
There are two flats in the key of G minor. |
| definition 5: |
a small container for rooting seeds.
- similar words:
- bed
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| related words: |
moor, table |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
flatter, flattest |
| definition 1: |
in a horizontal position; level to the ground.
He lay flat.- synonyms:
- horizontally
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| definition 2: |
completely.
flat broke- synonyms:
- absolutely, completely, utterly
- similar words:
- plumb, positively, totally
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| definition 3: |
precisely or directly; unquestionably.
He was flat wrong.- synonyms:
- absolutely, directly, exactly, precisely
- similar words:
- dead, plain
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| definition 4: |
lower than the intended pitch.
He sang flat on that song.- antonyms:
- sharp
- similar words:
- low
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| related words: |
down, flush |
| derivations: |
flatly (adv.), flatness (n.) |
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