FLAT

(noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
synonyms : apartment
(noun) scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
(noun) a deflated pneumatic tire
synonyms : flat tire
(noun) a shallow box in which seedlings are started
(noun) freight car without permanent sides or roof
synonyms : flatbed , flatcar
(noun) a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
(noun) a level tract of land
"the salt flats of Utah"
(adj.) lacking contrast or shading between tones
(adj.) (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
"B flat"
(adverb) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
"he didn't answer directly", "told me straight out", "came out flat for less work and more pay"
synonyms : directly , straight
(adverb) with flat sails
"sail flat against the wind"
(adj.) commercially inactive
"flat sales for the month", "prices remained flat", "a flat market"
(adj.) not reflecting light; not glossy
"flat wall paint", "a photograph with a matte finish"
synonyms : mat , matt , matte , matted
She was wearing a mat lipstick. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
"flat computer monitors"
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : 2-dimensional , two-dimensional
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : level , plane
The table had a plane surface. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) horizontally level
"a flat roof"
(adj.) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
"found himself lying flat on the floor"
synonyms : prostrate
The servant found the old man lying in a prostrate position. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
synonyms : monotone , monotonic , monotonous
(adj.) not modified or restricted by reservations
"a categorical denial", "a flat refusal"
synonyms : categoric , categorical , unconditional
The army categorically rejected the compensatory move of the other side. -added by Aswathy_inlas
(adj.) having lost effervescence
"flat beer", "a flat cola"
(adj.) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
"a bland little drama", "a flat joke"
synonyms : bland
The play was nothing but a bland little drama. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) lacking taste or flavor or tang
"a bland diet", "insipid hospital food", "flavorless supermarket tomatoes", "vapid beer", "vapid tea"
synonyms : bland , flavorless , flavourless , insipid , savorless , savourless , vapid
The soup was very bland. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
synonyms : compressed

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