Flat (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams".
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Meaning 2
Lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea".
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Meaning 3
Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness; "flat computer monitors".
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Meaning 4
Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes).
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Meaning 6
Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting".
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Meaning 7
Lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke".
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Meaning 8
Lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting".
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Meaning 9
Not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish".
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Meaning 10
Commercially inactive; "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market".
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Meaning 11
Lacking contrast or shading between tones.
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Meaning 12
Not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal".
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Meaning 13
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat".
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Meaning 14
Having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola".
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Meaning 15
Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor".
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