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Adjective (flatter, flattest)

1. Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

She said all that was needed was a flat tarmacademed area.

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2. (of land) without hills.

thirty-five acres of flat countryside

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3. (of an expanse of water) calm and without waves.

The water was flat calm, about a foot deep with a very soft bottom.

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4. Not sloping.

The huts had flat roofs; some even had things on top of them.

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5. Having a broad level surface but little height or depth; shallow.

a flat rectangular box

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6. (of shoes) without heels or with very low heels.

I wear flat shoes for walking to work but otherwise it's high heels.

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7. Lacking emotion; dull and lifeless.

I have never seen a film where everybody is so uniformly flat.

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8. (of a person) without energy or enthusiasm.

His voice was still slightly flat though Elizabeth could tell he really did like Sam.

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9. (of trade, prices, etc.) not showing much activity; sluggish.

Wage growth was essentially flat over the past year.

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10. (of a colour) uniform.

The walls were more definite in their colour, more flat.

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11. (of a photograph or negative) lacking contrast.

This photograph was flat, with very little contrast and some noticeable scratches, dust spots, pen marks and other discolorations.

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12. (of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence.

If your steak is bad or the beer is flat, you return it.

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13. (of something kept inflated, especially a tyre) having lost some or all of its air, typically because of a puncture.

His bike had a flat tire, but that was to be expected.

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14. (of a battery) having exhausted its charge.

I thought my battery was flat and got out to check the lights.

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15. (of a fee, wage, or price) the same in all cases, not varying with changed conditions or in particular cases.

a flat fare of £2.50

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16. (of a denial, contradiction, or refusal) completely definite and firm; absolute.

The news flies in the face of flat denials by the BBC in Glasgow.

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17. (of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.

I thought the performance was great but the singing was flat.

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18. (of a key) having a flat or flats in the signature.

As with the sharp key signatures, there is an easy way to determine the key of a particular flat key signature.

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19. (of a note) a semitone lower than a specified note.

The concert opened with a riveting account of Haydn's late E flat Sonata.

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20. Relating to flat racing.

The Flat season had just ended and he was going to make the most of it.

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Adverb

1. In or to a horizontal position.

he was lying flat on his back

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2. Lying in close juxtaposition, especially against another surface.

Marisa nodded, placing her palms flat on the hull beside his.

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3. So as to become smooth and even.

Leaves, soft plants and rotting branches were crushed absolutely flat.

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4. Completely; absolutely.

I thought you'd turn me down flat

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5. Used with an expression of time to emphasize how quickly something can be done or has been done.

She was at the house in 10 minutes flat.

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6. Below the true or normal pitch of musical sound.

You need to get a better instrument, or you will have to live with playing flat all the time.

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Noun

1. The flat part of something.

she placed the flat of her hand over her glass

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2. (usually flats) An area of low level ground, especially near water.

the shingle flats of the lake

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3. A shallow container in which seedlings are grown and sold.

A few weeks later, Gavin returned with a flat of castor bean seedlings.

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4. A shoe with a very low heel or no heel.

I simply adore these polka dot flats and platforms.

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5. A railway wagon with a flat floor and no sides or roof; a flatcar.
6. (often flats) An upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame.

The set is made up solely of movable sea-blue coloured flats, so to speak the empty hull of a baroque stage apparatus.

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7. A flat tyre.

Before they can confirm any details, the car gets a flat.

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8. (the Flat) Flat racing.

On the Flat at Lingfield, Lady Bear has what could be her final career start, in the Littlewoods Bet Direct Fleur De Lys Stakes.

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9. A musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.

By remembering a simple pattern one can determine the amount of sharps and flats in a major chord.

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10. The sign ♭, indicating a flat.

Verb (flats, flatting, flatted)

1. Lower (a note) by a semitone.

With its visceral tritones and flatted seconds, the band's sound revolved more around the riff than the song.

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2. Make flat; flatten.

flat the loaves down

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Origin

1. Middle English from Old Norse flatr.

Noun

1. A set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor and within a larger building containing a number of such residences.

a block of flats

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Verb (flats, flatting, flatted)

1. Live in or share a flat.

I flatted in Auckland.

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Origin

1. Early 19th century (denoting a floor or storey): alteration of obsolete flet ‘floor, dwelling’, of Germanic origin and related to flat.

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