Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word FLAT

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Definitions of FLAT

1. Having no variations in height.
2. Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
3. Absolute; downright; peremptory.
4. So as to be flat.
5. Completely.
6. Directly; flatly.
7. A wide, shallow container or pallet.
8. A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
9. A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
10. A flat sheet for use on a bed.
11. A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
12. Short for flat ride ("spinning amusement ride").
13. (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
14. (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
15. (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
16. (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
17. (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
18. (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
19. (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
20. (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
21. (phonetics, dated, of a consonant) Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
22. (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
23. (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
24. (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
25. (of measurements of time) Exact.
26. (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
27. (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
28. (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
29. (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
30. (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
31. (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
32. (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
33. (mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
34. (rail, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
35. (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
36. (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
37. (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
38. (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
39. (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
40. (obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
41. (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
42. (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
43. (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
44. (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
45. (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
46. (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
47. (transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
48. (transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
49. (transitive, obsolete) To beat or strike; pound
50. (transitive) To dash or throw
51. (intransitive) To dash, rush
52. (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
53. (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See.
54. (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
55. (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
56. (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
57. Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
58. (of a sentence) Without parole.
59. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
60. The most prominent flat part of something:
61. (rail) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
62. (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
63. (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
64. (chiefly, British, New England, South African, India, Australian, New Zealand, Singapore, archaicelsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
65. (UK, slang, obsolete) Foolish; simple-minded.

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Examples of Using FLAT in a Sentence

• To the northeast of these highlands and lowlands is a rugged section with steep mountain-sides, deep narrow coves and valleys, and flat mountain-tops.
• West of Markovo it is in the Anadyr Highlands (moderate mountains and valleys with a few trees) and east of Markovo it moves into the Anadyr Lowlands (very flat treeless tundra with lakes and bogs).
• The most common type is often called a flat top guitar, to distinguish it from the more specialized archtop guitar and other variations.
• To cope with the lack of flat arable land, farming is carried out on a terrace system of cultivation.
• In the central and eastern regions, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat.
• Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 per cent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert.
• The land is predominantly flat to gently undulating tableland, although there is some hilly country, where mining is carried out.
• The terrain is a flat coastal plain that rises to mountainous in the east and hilly lowlands in the west.
• They have stout bodies with large heads, long chisel-like incisors, brown or gray fur, hand-like front feet, webbed back feet, and tails that are flat and scaly.
• They are somewhat variable in form and coloration, but all have the wide, flat, noses typical of New World monkeys.
• In addition, macroscopic single crystals are usually identifiable by their geometrical shape, consisting of flat faces with specific, characteristic orientations.
• Some predecessors to the modern clock may be considered "clocks" that are based on movement in nature: A sundial shows the time by displaying the position of a shadow on a flat surface.
• The significant Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its schematic, flat sculptures carved out of the islands' pure white marble centuries before the great Middle Bronze Age Minoan civilization arose in Crete to the south.
• A cookie (American English) or biscuit (British English) is a baked snack or dessert that is typically small, flat, and sweet.
• A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.
• A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat regions covered with wind-swept sand or dunes, with little or no vegetation, are called ergs or sand seas.
• The shape of the disc is an airfoil in cross-section which allows it to fly by reducing the drag and increasing lift as it moves through the air, compared to a flat plate.
• It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand.
• A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 1,203km² of tidal flats in Guinea-Bissau, making it the 28th ranked country in terms of tidal flat area.
• Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range.

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