flat [ flat ]
Adjective (flatter, flattest)
She said all that was needed was a flat tarmacademed area.
thirty-five acres of flat countryside
The water was flat calm, about a foot deep with a very soft bottom.
The huts had flat roofs; some even had things on top of them.
a flat rectangular box
I wear flat shoes for walking to work but otherwise it's high heels.
I have never seen a film where everybody is so uniformly flat.
His voice was still slightly flat though Elizabeth could tell he really did like Sam.
Wage growth was essentially flat over the past year.
The walls were more definite in their colour, more flat.
This photograph was flat, with very little contrast and some noticeable scratches, dust spots, pen marks and other discolorations.
If your steak is bad or the beer is flat, you return it.
His bike had a flat tire, but that was to be expected.
I thought my battery was flat and got out to check the lights.
a flat fare of £2.50
The news flies in the face of flat denials by the BBC in Glasgow.
I thought the performance was great but the singing was flat.
As with the sharp key signatures, there is an easy way to determine the key of a particular flat key signature.
The concert opened with a riveting account of Haydn's late E flat Sonata.
The Flat season had just ended and he was going to make the most of it.
Adverb
he was lying flat on his back
Marisa nodded, placing her palms flat on the hull beside his.
Leaves, soft plants and rotting branches were crushed absolutely flat.
I thought you'd turn me down flat
She was at the house in 10 minutes flat.
You need to get a better instrument, or you will have to live with playing flat all the time.
Noun
she placed the flat of her hand over her glass
the shingle flats of the lake
A few weeks later, Gavin returned with a flat of castor bean seedlings.
I simply adore these polka dot flats and platforms.
The set is made up solely of movable sea-blue coloured flats, so to speak the empty hull of a baroque stage apparatus.
Before they can confirm any details, the car gets a flat.
On the Flat at Lingfield, Lady Bear has what could be her final career start, in the Littlewoods Bet Direct Fleur De Lys Stakes.
By remembering a simple pattern one can determine the amount of sharps and flats in a major chord.
Verb (flats, flatting, flatted)
With its visceral tritones and flatted seconds, the band's sound revolved more around the riff than the song.
flat the loaves down
Origin
Noun
a block of flats
Verb (flats, flatting, flatted)
I flatted in Auckland.

