Word Finder - flat

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An area of level ground.

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A note played a 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. ♭♪).

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A flat tyre/tire.

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(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.

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She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels.

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(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

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A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.

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The flat part of something:

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A wide, shallow container or pallet.

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a flat of strawberries

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(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.

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A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.

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A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

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A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

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A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

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A flat sheet for use on a bed.

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A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.

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A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

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A dull fellow; a simpleton.

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(technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.

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Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.

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An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.

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To make a flat call; to call without raising.

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To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

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To fall from the pitch.

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To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

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To make flat; to flatten; to level.

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To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

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Having no variations in height.

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The land around here is flat.

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(voice) Without variations in pitch.

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Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.

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That girl is completely flat on both sides.

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(note) Lowered by one semitone.

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Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

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Your A string is too flat.

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(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

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Uninteresting.

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The party was a bit flat.

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(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.

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Lacking acidity without being sweet.

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(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.

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(of a throw) Without spin; spinless.

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Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.

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The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting.

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Absolute; downright; peremptory.

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His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.

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(of a consonant) sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant

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(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".

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Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.

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(of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.

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(of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.

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(authorship, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.

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The author added a chapter to flesh out the books' flatter characters.

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Fixed; unvarying.

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a flat fare on public transport

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So as to be flat.

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Spread the tablecloth flat over the table.

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Bluntly.

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I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.

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(with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.

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He can run a mile in four minutes flat.

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Completely.

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I am flat broke this month.

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Directly; flatly.

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Without allowance for accrued interest.