flat
flat
flÃĻt
flāt
/flÃĻt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "flat"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻšā§‡āĻĒā§āϟāĻž

(of a surface) continuing in a straight line with no raised or low parts
flat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist painted a flat horizon with a beautiful sunset.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϏāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤ āφāρāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ

(of a musical note) being a semitone lower than the note mentioned
flat definition and meaning
03

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

(of a fizzy drink) not having bubbles anymore
flat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He took a sip of his flat cola and grimaced.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āϕ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻ• āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āύāĻŋāϰāϏ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻšā§€āύ

lacking any notable taste or flavor
flat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soup turned out flat, with none of the spices needed to make it enjoyable.
āĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻļāϞāĻž āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋāχ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
05

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻĄāĻŋāϏāϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜ

(of a battery) having no charge left
Dialectbritish flagBritish
deadamerican flagAmerican
flat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car would n’t start because the battery was flat.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϟāĻž

having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
07

āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
08

āĻĒāϰāĻŽ, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ

complete or definite
09

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻāĻ•āϰāĻ™āĻž

lacking contrast or shading between tones
10

āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­

not reflecting light; not glossy
11

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

horizontally level
12

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ

commercially inactive
13

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
14

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϟāĻž

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
15

āĻāĻ•āĻ˜ā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇, āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
16

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āύ⧀āϰāϏ

dull and uninspiring
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her presentation was flat, missing the dynamic elements that could have captured the crowd ’s interest.
āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻļā§€āϞ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĨ¤
17

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ, āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻĢāĻŋ

fixed and unchanging, not varying based on conditions or usage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Employees receive a flat wage regardless of how many hours they work.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āĻ•āϤ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧇āϤāύ āĻĒāĻžāύāĨ¤
01

āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ, āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ

a place with a few rooms in which people live, normally part of a building with other such places on each floor
Dialectbritish flagBritish
apartmentamerican flagAmerican
flat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flat has a beautiful view of the park and plenty of natural light streaming through the windows.
āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āφāϞ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ, āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ

a deflated pneumatic tire
flat definition and meaning
03

āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ• āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϤ āύ⧋āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ āϧāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻĒāĻŋāϚ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇

a musical symbol indicating a pitch that is one half step lower than the note indicated
flat definition and meaning
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āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āϜ⧁āϤāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇ āϜ⧁āϤāĻž

shoe that has very low heel or no heels at all
flat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Flats are a great alternative to high heels for long walks.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻšāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻšāϞ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĨ¤
05

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ 

a level tract of land
06

āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŸā§āϰ⧇, āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ

a shallow box in which seedlings are started
07

āĻŽāĻžā§āϚ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻž, āĻĒāϟāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻž

scenery made of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas, used as part of a stage setting
08

āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ—āύ, āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ

freight car without permanent sides or roof
01

āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

without any attempt to hide the truth or soften the message
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She told me flat that she was n't interested in the offer.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€ āύāύāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ, āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϞ āϏāĻš

with flat sails
03

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇

completely or absolutely, often used for emphasis
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car engine flat stopped in the middle of the road.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

flatly
flatness
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