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- pronunciation:
- flaet
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
flatter, flattest |
| definition 1: |
having a surface without areas that are lower or higher than others. A flat surface does not have bumps, hills, or dips; smooth; even.
It is important that a football field be flat.Some of the cookies are like balls but others are flat.
- synonyms:
- even, smooth
- antonyms:
- bumpy, curved, plump, rounded, uneven
- similar words:
- flush, level, plane
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| definition 2: |
having a surface that does not slant up or down. If a roof is flat, it is not higher at one end than the other; level.
When it snows and I have to shovel, I am always glad our driveway is flat.- synonyms:
- horizontal, level, plane
- antonyms:
- inclined, slanted, vertical
- similar words:
- even
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| definition 3: |
having little or no air; deflated.
Will this flat tire make us late for the game?- synonyms:
- deflated
- antonyms:
- inflated
- similar words:
- collapsed, flattened, ruptured
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| definition 4: |
lying pressed against a level surface.
The rug is not flat.His hair was flat when he came out of the pool.- synonyms:
- horizontal
- similar words:
- flush, low, prone, reclining
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| definition 5: |
having little interest, energy, or flavor; dull.
His weekends have been flat since his friend moved away.Ms. Burns spoke in a flat voice.- synonyms:
- dull, lifeless
- similar words:
- boring, dead, monotonous, stale
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| related words: |
drab, dry, horizontal, pale, sour, tame, tasteless |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(sometimes plural) something flat or having a long level space, such as an area of land.
Most of the factories were built on the flats outside of town.- similar words:
- bog, grassland, level, marsh, open, plain, prairie, shallow, tundra
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| definition 2: |
(often pl.) a type of woman's shoe with no heel or a very low heel.
My mom always wears flats these day; she's not comfortable wearing heels anymore.
- similar words:
- pump, sandal
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| definition 3: |
a musical tone that is a half step lower than another.
There is only one flat in the F major scale. |
| related words: |
moor |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
flatter, flattest |
| definition 1: |
in a position that is level to the ground.
He fell flat on his back.- synonyms:
- horizontally
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| definition 2: |
absolutely; completely.
Jon can't go to the movie because he is flat broke.- synonyms:
- absolutely, completely
- similar words:
- totally
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| definition 3: |
absolutely; without question.
When she said that elephants are little, she was flat wrong.- synonyms:
- absolutely, directly, exactly, precisely
- similar words:
- dead, plain
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| definition 4: |
lower than the correct pitch.
He sang flat on that song.- similar words:
- low
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| related words: |
down |
| derivations: |
flatly (adv.), flatness (n.) |
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