flat

1 of 4

adjective

ˈflat

flatter; flattest

: lying at full length or spread out upon the ground : prostrate

The soldiers were lying flat on the ground.

: utterly ruined or destroyed

buildings flat from the blast

: resting with a surface against something

Push the chairs flat against the wall.

: having a continuous horizontal surface

the flat landscape of the prairie

: being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions

a flat EEG

: having a relatively smooth or even surface

a flat computer disk

: arranged or laid out so as to be level or even

maps flat on the desk

: having the major surfaces essentially parallel and distinctly greater than the minor surfaces

a flat piece of wood

of a shoe heel : very low and broad

flat shoes for work

: clearly unmistakable

a flat denial

b(1)

: not varying : fixed

a flat rate

(2)

: having no fraction either lacking or in excess : exact

in a flat 10 seconds

(3)

of a frequency response : not varying significantly throughout its range

: lacking in animation, zest, or vigor : dull

He spoke in a flat, tired voice.

: lacking flavor : tasteless

The stew is too flat.

: lacking effervescence or sparkle

flat ginger ale

: commercially inactive

also : characterized by no significant rise or decline from one period to another

sales were flat

of a tire : lacking air : deflated

chiefly British, of a battery : dead sense 3c, discharged

a(1)

of a tone : lowered a half step in pitch

(2)

: lower than the proper pitch

of the vowel a : pronounced as in bad or bat

: having a low trajectory (see trajectory sense 1)

made a flat pass that was intercepted

of a tennis stroke : made so as to give little or no spin to the ball

: not having an inflectional ending

flat adverbs

of a sail : taut

: uniform in hue or shade

figures standing out against a background of flat wash

: having little or no illusion of depth

of a photograph or negative : lacking contrast

of lighting conditions : lacking shadows or contours

: free from gloss : having a nonreflective finish

a flat paint

: two-dimensional sense 3

flat characters

: of, relating to, or used in competition on the flat

a flat horse

of a universe : having a mass such that expansion halts only after infinite time and collapse never occurs

flatly adverb

flatness noun

flattish

ˈfla-tish

adjective

flat

2 of 4

noun

: a level surface of land

—usually used in plural

sagebrush flatstidal flats

: a stretch of land without obstacles

especially : a track or course for a flat race

—usually used with the

has won twice on the flat

: a flat part or surface

the flat of one's hand

: a musical note or tone one half step lower than a specified note or tone

: a character ♭ on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a half step drop in pitch

: something flat: such as

: a shallow container for shipping produce

: a shallow box in which seedlings are started

: a flat piece of theatrical scenery

: a shoe or slipper having a flat heel or no heel

chiefly British : an apartment on one floor

: a deflated tire

: the area to either side of an offensive football formation

flat

3 of 4

adverb

: in a flat manner : directly, positively

: in a complete manner : absolutely

flat broke

: below the proper musical pitch

: without interest charge

especially : without allowance or charge for accrued interest

bonds sold flat

flat

4 of 4

verb

flatted; flatting

transitive verb

: flatten

: to lower in pitch especially by a half step

intransitive verb

: to sing or play below the true pitch

Example Sentences

Adjective the flat top of the table the flat landscape of the prairie Coins are usually round and flat. a flat piece of wood Noun the flat of your hand the flat of a sword Adverb Lay the map flat on the desk. He slipped and landed flat on his back. We asked for more time but they turned us down flat. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The $1,800 is a flat fee for three years and is paid by the school.

Lauren Hertz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022 In exchange for keeping their entire commission, La Rosa agents pay a flat transaction fee for every sale, along with a monthly fee.

Tim Barker, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022 Instead of charging a flat monthly fee, users can choose between $10, $20 and $30 tiers, each that come with a certain number of credits that can be spent on movies.

Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Relying on one risks your own safety and damage to your vehicle, and could leave you stranded due to a problem as simple as a flat tire.

Wes Siler, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 Officers located the suspect vehicle, which had a flat tire, at the Speedway on Detroit Road at Bradley Road.

Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 On a very hot day in 1995, Matt Pettigrew and his sister, Ann, were birding along a desolate dirt road in southeastern Arizona’s Huachuca Mountains when their rental car got a flat tire.

John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 There is so little weight on the front end that the car can be driven to a service station without damaging a flat front tire.

Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022 Already multiple laps down after a Lap 24 incident that gave him a flat right-front tire, Kyle Larson suffered what appeared to be a brake failure on Lap 61 in a scary incident that was nearly much, much worse.

Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022

Noun

Jared Goff lobbed a pass to Swift in the right flat.

Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2022 Alice and Amy bought a £505,000 two-bedroom flat in Walthamstow last year on the Help to Buy scheme.

Lydia Spencer-elliot, refinery29.com, 25 Apr. 2022 In 2018, longtime Outside writer and passionate cyclist Andrew Tilin was killed when he was hit by a driver of a truck while fixing a flat on his bike outside Austin, Texas.

Christopher Keyes, Outside Online, 4 May 2020 Spaghetti straps, the ballet flat, and pockets and zippers on dresses were all McCardell innovations.

Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2022 Till’s lynching—a catalyst that sparked the civil rights movement through the ’50s and ’60s—Mamie Till-Mobley lived in her mother’s 1897 two-flat in Chicago.

Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 20 July 2022 The trio move into a small flat with extended family, and Rose gets a job as a hotel maid.

Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 The new 6th Street Viaduct crosses more industry than water, spanning a scruffy flat of lofts, warehouses and rail lines.

Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022 The fire broke out early Sunday in the basement of a two-story brick two-flat in the 4000 block of West Potomac Street.

Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022

Adverb

If McBride is hinting that Carol will be back, and Reedus is flat-out promising it, what does Walking Dead chief content officer Scott M. Gimple have to say about all of this?

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2022 There are ways in which schools can make their NIL cases directly to prospects – or players who have entered the transfer portal - without flat-out offering them incentives.

Steve Megargee, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022 Like a flat-out drop on a short inside route early in the scrimmage.

San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 Trump’s and many Republicans’ suggestions that the search was political in nature and evidence of some sort of state overreach are flat-out wrong.

Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 My dating life since choosing celibacy has been met with skepticism, resignation, ghosting, and flat-out shock.

Desiree Johnson, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Critic Bob Lefsetz crossed the line calling Taylor dumb, naive, and a flat-out bad singer following her 2010 Grammys performance with Stevie Nicks.

Maggie Horton, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2022 Could be an option if the Heat seek a flat-out bucket getter, perhaps if the anticipation is of moving Tyler Herro in a trade.

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2022 JESSE GREEN Theater, particularly musical theater, has often abetted the distortion and flat-out erasure of inconvenient histories.

New York Times, 27 May 2022

Verb

The process is pretty straightforward: Find a rough surface, and place the top of the can flat against it.

Christopher Michel, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2022 By flatting the top, more main string gets lengthened, also improving control.

Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020 Lead is harmful at any dose, and especially toxic to the nervous system; arsenic can flat-out kill you, the inspector general wrote.

Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2019 The main assumptions are 11 million barrels a day of crude oil production, Brent flat at $65 a barrel, net refining margins of $3 a barrel and chemicals net margins of $100 a tonne.

Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019 Brian Snyder, Arizona Republic One can flat shoot it.

Duane Rankin, azcentral, 3 July 2019 Thoughtfully, my mother suspected this might be the case, and a few days before the wedding found an ideal backup: Manolo Blahnik flats with ample space for injured toes.

Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 12 July 2019 Plus, the dude can flat-out sing, though no one else matches his pitch-perfect acting turn.

USA TODAY, 26 June 2019 The fashionable royal has shown us that flats like knee-high boots and sneakers can be just as stylish (and functional) on the job, and yesterday was no exception.

Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2019 See More

Kids Definition

flat 1 of 3

adjective

ˈflat

flatter; flattest

: having a smooth level surface

a flat rock

: spread out on or along a surface

He was lying flat on his back.

: having a broad smooth surface and little thickness

A CD is flat.

: very clear and definite

a flat refusal

: not changing in amount

I charge a flat rate.

: not showing active business

Sales are flat.

: dull entry 1 sense 3

a flat story

She spoke in a flat, tired voice.

: having lost air

a flat tire

: no longer having bubbles

flat ginger ale

: lower than the true musical pitch

: lower by a half step in music

: not shiny

flat paint

flat

2 of 3

noun

: a level area of land : plain

: a flat part or surface

the flat of the hand

: a note or tone that is a half step lower than the note named

: a sign ♭ meaning that the pitch of a musical note is to be lower by a half step

: a tire that has lost air

flat

3 of 3

adverb

: on or against a flat surface

lie flat

: without any time more or less : exactly

ten seconds flat

: below the true musical pitch

单词	flats
释义	flat 1 of 4 adjective ˈflat flatter; flattest 1 a : lying at full length or spread out upon the ground : prostrate The soldiers were lying flat on the ground. b : utterly ruined or destroyed buildings flat from the blast c : resting with a surface against something Push the chairs flat against the wall. 2 a : having a continuous horizontal surface the flat landscape of the prairie b : being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions a flat EEG 3 : having a relatively smooth or even surface a flat computer disk 4 : arranged or laid out so as to be level or even maps flat on the desk 5 a : having the major surfaces essentially parallel and distinctly greater than the minor surfaces a flat piece of wood b of a shoe heel : very low and broad flat shoes for work 6 a : clearly unmistakable a flat denial b(1) : not varying : fixed a flat rate (2) : having no fraction either lacking or in excess : exact in a flat 10 seconds (3) of a frequency response : not varying significantly throughout its range 7 a : lacking in animation, zest, or vigor : dull He spoke in a flat, tired voice. b : lacking flavor : tasteless The stew is too flat. c : lacking effervescence or sparkle flat ginger ale d : commercially inactive also : characterized by no significant rise or decline from one period to another sales were flat e of a tire : lacking air : deflated f chiefly British, of a battery : dead sense 3c, discharged 8 a(1) of a tone : lowered a half step in pitch (2) : lower than the proper pitch b of the vowel a : pronounced as in bad or bat 9 a : having a low trajectory (see trajectory sense 1) made a flat pass that was intercepted b of a tennis stroke : made so as to give little or no spin to the ball 10 : not having an inflectional ending flat adverbs 11 of a sail : taut 12 a : uniform in hue or shade figures standing out against a background of flat wash b : having little or no illusion of depth c of a photograph or negative : lacking contrast d of lighting conditions : lacking shadows or contours e : free from gloss : having a nonreflective finish a flat paint f : two-dimensional sense 3 flat characters 13 : of, relating to, or used in competition on the flat a flat horse 14 of a universe : having a mass such that expansion halts only after infinite time and collapse never occurs flatly adverb flatness noun flattish ˈfla-tish adjective flat 2 of 4 noun 1 a : a level surface of land —usually used in plural sagebrush flatstidal flats b : a stretch of land without obstacles especially : a track or course for a flat race —usually used with the has won twice on the flat 2 : a flat part or surface the flat of one's hand 3 a : a musical note or tone one half step lower than a specified note or tone b : a character ♭ on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a half step drop in pitch 4 : something flat: such as a : a shallow container for shipping produce b : a shallow box in which seedlings are started c : a flat piece of theatrical scenery d : a shoe or slipper having a flat heel or no heel 5 chiefly British : an apartment on one floor 6 : a deflated tire 7 : the area to either side of an offensive football formation flat 3 of 4 adverb 1 : in a flat manner : directly, positively 2 : in a complete manner : absolutely flat broke 3 : below the proper musical pitch 4 : without interest charge especially : without allowance or charge for accrued interest bonds sold flat flat 4 of 4 verb flatted; flatting transitive verb 1 : flatten 2 : to lower in pitch especially by a half step intransitive verb : to sing or play below the true pitch Synonyms Adjective even exact precise round Noun apartment diggings [chiefly British] digs lodgings suite tenement Adverb all all of all over altogether clean completely dead enough entire entirely even exactly fast full fully heartily out perfectly plumb [chiefly dialect] quite soundly thoroughly through and through totally utterly well wholly wide See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective the flat top of the table the flat landscape of the prairie Coins are usually round and flat. a flat piece of wood Noun the flat of your hand the flat of a sword Adverb Lay the map flat on the desk. He slipped and landed flat on his back. We asked for more time but they turned us down flat. See More Recent Examples on the Web Adjective The $1,800 is a flat fee for three years and is paid by the school. Lauren Hertz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022 In exchange for keeping their entire commission, La Rosa agents pay a flat transaction fee for every sale, along with a monthly fee. Tim Barker, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022 Instead of charging a flat monthly fee, users can choose between $10, $20 and $30 tiers, each that come with a certain number of credits that can be spent on movies. Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Relying on one risks your own safety and damage to your vehicle, and could leave you stranded due to a problem as simple as a flat tire. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 Officers located the suspect vehicle, which had a flat tire, at the Speedway on Detroit Road at Bradley Road. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 On a very hot day in 1995, Matt Pettigrew and his sister, Ann, were birding along a desolate dirt road in southeastern Arizona’s Huachuca Mountains when their rental car got a flat tire. John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 There is so little weight on the front end that the car can be driven to a service station without damaging a flat front tire. Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022 Already multiple laps down after a Lap 24 incident that gave him a flat right-front tire, Kyle Larson suffered what appeared to be a brake failure on Lap 61 in a scary incident that was nearly much, much worse. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022 Noun Jared Goff lobbed a pass to Swift in the right flat. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2022 Alice and Amy bought a £505,000 two-bedroom flat in Walthamstow last year on the Help to Buy scheme. Lydia Spencer-elliot, refinery29.com, 25 Apr. 2022 In 2018, longtime Outside writer and passionate cyclist Andrew Tilin was killed when he was hit by a driver of a truck while fixing a flat on his bike outside Austin, Texas. Christopher Keyes, Outside Online, 4 May 2020 Spaghetti straps, the ballet flat, and pockets and zippers on dresses were all McCardell innovations. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2022 Till’s lynching—a catalyst that sparked the civil rights movement through the ’50s and ’60s—Mamie Till-Mobley lived in her mother’s 1897 two-flat in Chicago. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 20 July 2022 The trio move into a small flat with extended family, and Rose gets a job as a hotel maid. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 The new 6th Street Viaduct crosses more industry than water, spanning a scruffy flat of lofts, warehouses and rail lines. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022 The fire broke out early Sunday in the basement of a two-story brick two-flat in the 4000 block of West Potomac Street. Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022 Adverb If McBride is hinting that Carol will be back, and Reedus is flat-out promising it, what does Walking Dead chief content officer Scott M. Gimple have to say about all of this? Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2022 There are ways in which schools can make their NIL cases directly to prospects – or players who have entered the transfer portal - without flat-out offering them incentives. Steve Megargee, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022 Like a flat-out drop on a short inside route early in the scrimmage. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 Trump’s and many Republicans’ suggestions that the search was political in nature and evidence of some sort of state overreach are flat-out wrong. Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 My dating life since choosing celibacy has been met with skepticism, resignation, ghosting, and flat-out shock. Desiree Johnson, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Critic Bob Lefsetz crossed the line calling Taylor dumb, naive, and a flat-out bad singer following her 2010 Grammys performance with Stevie Nicks. Maggie Horton, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2022 Could be an option if the Heat seek a flat-out bucket getter, perhaps if the anticipation is of moving Tyler Herro in a trade. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2022 JESSE GREEN Theater, particularly musical theater, has often abetted the distortion and flat-out erasure of inconvenient histories. New York Times, 27 May 2022 Verb The process is pretty straightforward: Find a rough surface, and place the top of the can flat against it. Christopher Michel, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2022 By flatting the top, more main string gets lengthened, also improving control. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020 Lead is harmful at any dose, and especially toxic to the nervous system; arsenic can flat-out kill you, the inspector general wrote. Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2019 The main assumptions are 11 million barrels a day of crude oil production, Brent flat at $65 a barrel, net refining margins of $3 a barrel and chemicals net margins of $100 a tonne. Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019 Brian Snyder, Arizona Republic One can flat shoot it. Duane Rankin, azcentral, 3 July 2019 Thoughtfully, my mother suspected this might be the case, and a few days before the wedding found an ideal backup: Manolo Blahnik flats with ample space for injured toes. Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 12 July 2019 Plus, the dude can flat-out sing, though no one else matches his pitch-perfect acting turn. USA TODAY, 26 June 2019 The fashionable royal has shown us that flats like knee-high boots and sneakers can be just as stylish (and functional) on the job, and yesterday was no exception. Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Adjective, Noun, Adverb, and Verb Middle English, from Old Norse flatr; akin to Old High German flaz flat, and probably to Greek platys broad — more at place First Known Use Adjective 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Adverb 1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb circa 1604, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Phrases Containing flat fall flat European flat oyster flat battery flat-earther flat on one's back flat-panel flat race flat-screen flat tax granny flat in nothing flat railroad flat salt flat studio flat flat as a pancake change a flat flat broke flat-footed flat-hat flat-coated retriever flat out flat iron change a (flat) tire European flat flat-picking flat-earthist See More fall flat European flat oyster flat battery flat-earther flat on one's back flat-panel flat race flat-screen flat tax granny flat in nothing flat railroad flat salt flat studio flat flat as a pancake change a flat flat broke flat-footed flat-hat flat-coated retriever flat out flat iron change a (flat) tire European flat flat-picking flat-earthist See More Kids Definition flat 1 of 3 adjective ˈflat flatter; flattest 1 : having a smooth level surface a flat rock 2 : spread out on or along a surface He was lying flat on his back. 3 : having a broad smooth surface and little thickness A CD is flat. 4 : very clear and definite a flat refusal 5 : not changing in amount I charge a flat rate. 6 : not showing active business Sales are flat. 7 : dull entry 1 sense 3 a flat story She spoke in a flat, tired voice. 8 : having lost air a flat tire 9 : no longer having bubbles flat ginger ale 10 : lower than the true musical pitch 11 : lower by a half step in music 12 : not shiny flat paint flat 2 of 3 noun 1 : a level area of land : plain 2 : a flat part or surface the flat of the hand 3 : a note or tone that is a half step lower than the note named 4 : a sign ♭ meaning that the pitch of a musical note is to be lower by a half step 5 : a tire that has lost air flat 3 of 3 adverb 1 : on or against a flat surface lie flat 2 : without any time more or less : exactly ten seconds flat 3 : below the true musical pitch Medical Definition flat adjective ˈflat flatter; flattest 1 : being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions the EEG is ominously flat indicating that her brain function is gone Don Gold 2 : characterized by general impoverishment in the presence of emotion-evoking stimuli flat affect often occurs in schizophrenia Legal Definition flat 1 of 2 adjective : not varying a flat rate specifically, of a tax : having a rate that remains constant for any taxable base flat 2 of 2 adverb : without interest charge especially : without allowance or charge for accrued interest bonds sold flat flats noun plural of flat, chiefly British as in apartments a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place had to take on a third roommate in order to afford the bigger flat Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance apartments condominiums penthouses lodgings tenements suites condos digs studios duplexes maisonettes bedsits flatlets saloons efficiencies diggings garden apartments railroad flats wings granny flats duplex apartments triplexes studio apartments efficiency apartments walk-ups salons apartment buildings condominia apartment houses bed-sitting-room cohousings bed-sitters tenement houses galleries floor-throughs
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