flat
adj 1: having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or
lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level
farmland"; "a plane surface" [syn: {level}, {plane}]
2: having no depth or thickness
3: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: {categoric}, {categorical},
{unconditional}]
4: stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
"found himself lying flat on the floor" [syn: {prostrate}]
5: (photography) lacking contrast or shading between tones
[ant: {contrasty}]
6: (music) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
[ant: {natural}, {sharp}]
7: (biology) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g.,
certain leafstalks or flatfishes) [syn: {compressed}]
8: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid
hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid
beer"; "vapid tea" [syn: {bland}, {flavorless}, {flavourless},
{insipid}, {savorless}, {vapid}]
9: lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland
little drama"; "a flat joke" [syn: {bland}]
10: having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
11: not increasing as the amount taxed increases [syn: {fixed}]
12: not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from
unleavened dough" [syn: {unraised}]
13: parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"
14: without pleats [syn: {unpleated}]
15: 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" [syn: {two-dimensional}]
16: (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
17: not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a
photograph with a matte finish" [syn: {mat}, {matt}, {matte},
{matted}]
18: lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"
n 1: a level tract of land
2: a shallow box in which seedlings are started
3: a notation indicating one half step lower than the note
named
4: without permanent sides or roof [syn: {flatcar}]
5: a deflated pneumatic tire [syn: {flat tire}]
6: a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage
setting
7: a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
[syn: {apartment}]
adv 1: at full length; "he fell flat on his face"
2: with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
3: below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"
4: against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"
5: 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" [syn: {directly}, {straight}]
[ant: {indirectly}]
6: wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"