flat
f lat
- n a level tract of land
the salt flats of Utah - n a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- n a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- n freight car without permanent sides or roof
- n a deflated pneumatic tire
- n scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- n a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- s having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
a flat desk
skirts sewn with fine flat seams - s having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
flat computer monitors - s not modified or restricted by reservations
a flat refusal - s stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
found himself lying flat on the floor - a lacking contrast or shading between tones
- a (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
B flat - s flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- s lacking taste or flavor or tang
- s lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
a flat joke - s having lost effervescence
flat beer
a flat cola - s sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- s horizontally level
a flat roof - s lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
a flat two-dimensional painting - s not reflecting light; not glossy
flat wall paint - s commercially inactive
flat sales for the month
prices remained flat
a flat market - r with flat sails
sail flat against the wind - r in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
came out flat for less work and more pay
- TRADING UP: For retailers such as Best Buy, flat TVs are fabulous, since they can cost 10 times more than old models.
- Those chunky margins have led just about every big name in electronics to pile into flat screens especially the production of the glass LCD panel that is the primary, and .
- As these older models are replaced by flat screen televisions that are "less efficient per inch and have much larger screens," says David Johnson, a Los Angeles attorney .