English Explanatory Dictionary

flat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having no variations in height.
  2. In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
  3. Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
  4. Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
  5. Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
  6. At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
  7. Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
  8. Without variations in pitch.
  9. Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
  10. Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
  11. Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
  12. Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
adv
  1. So as to be flat.
  2. Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
  3. Exactly, precisely.
  4. Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
  5. Without parole.
  6. Completely.
  7. Directly; flatly.
  8. Without allowance for accrued interest.
noun
  1. An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
  2. Level ground in general.
  3. Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
  4. the area in the centre of a racecourse.
  5. The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
  6. A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
  7. A flat tyre/flat tire.
  8. A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
  9. A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
  10. A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
  11. The most prominent flat part of something.
  12. The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
verb
  1. To make a flat call; to call without raising.
  2. To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
  3. To fall from the pitch.
  4. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
  5. To make flat; to flatten; to level.
  6. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
noun
  1. A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
verb
  1. To beat or strike; pound
  2. To dash or throw
  3. To dash, rush

Pronunciation

flăt /flæt/ en-us-flat.ogg En-uk-flat.ogg EN-AU ck1 flat.ogg

Word forms

flat flatter flattest flatt flatte more flat most flat flats flatting flatted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रथस् (prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt. The noun is from Middle English flat (“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective. The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as French plat.

Synonyms

even planar plane smooth uniform boring dull uninteresting unfizzy monotone matte deflated puncture still flabby tops absolutely completely utterly bluntly curtly apartment

Antonyms

bumpy cratered hilly rough wrinkled sharp round high heels

Derived words

absolutely flat A-flat aflat Allans Flat and that's flat Apple Tree Flat Appletree Flat Barker Creek Flat B-flat Biggs Flat Blackmans Flat Burkes Flat Busbys Flat Caffreys Flat C-flat Chambers Flat Chapel Flat Clover Flat Commissioners Flat Cow Flat Cundle Flat Dairy Flat D-flat diaper flat Doctors Flat Dollys Flat E-flat Emu Flat faithfully flat fall flat fall flat on one's face Farrell Flat F-flat Fiery Flat flat adverb flat affect flat as a bedsheet flat as a pancake flat as my hat flat as your hat flatback flat-backed millipede flatbacker flat back four flatbed flatbill flat-blade screwdriver flatboat flat-bottom flat-bottomed flatbottomed flat bottomed flatbread flat bread flat bug Flatbush flat cake flat candlestick flat cap flatcar

Translations

Afrikaans: plat Albanian: rrafshtë Arabic: مُسَطَّح Arabic: مسطح Armenian: հարթ Armenian: տափակ Assamese: সমান Assamese: চেপেটা Asturian: llanu Asturian: planu Azerbaijani: düz Basque: lau Basque: laun Basque: ordeka Belarusian: пло́скі Belarusian: ро́ўны Bengali: সমতল Central Bikol: lapnad Bulgarian: пло́сък Bulgarian: ра́вен Bulgarian: безинтересен Catalan: pla Catalan: xato Chechen: веда Cherokee: ᎤᏩᎾᏕᏍᎩ Chinese Cantonese: 平 Eastern Min Chinese: 平 Chinese Mandarin: 平 Chinese Mandarin: 平坦 Chinese Mandarin: 平淡 Chinese Mandarin: 單調 /单调 Chinese Mandarin: 扁平 Czech: plochý Czech: rovný Danish: flad Dutch: vlak Dutch: plat Esperanto: plata Esperanto: ebena Estonian: lame Estonian: lapik Evenki: наптама Finnish: litteä Finnish: laakea Finnish: tasainen Finnish: tylsä Finnish: lattea French: plat French: ennuyeux French: plate Friulian: plan Friulian: plac Friulian: vualîf Galician: plano Galician: chairo Galician: chan Georgian: ბრტყელი German: flach German: eben German: platt German: flau Gothic: 𐌹𐌱𐌽𐍃 Greek: επίπεδος Greek: ισόπεδος Greek: ανούσιος Ancient Greek: πλατύς Ancient Greek: ὁμαλός Ancient Greek: πεδιεινός Hawaiian: papa Hebrew: שָׁטוּחַ Hebrew: שִׁטְחִי Hindi: समतल Hungarian: lapos Icelandic: flatur Ido: plata Indonesian: datar Indonesian: gepeng Indonesian: rata Bulgarian: равнина Bulgarian: плоскост Finnish: tasanko Finnish: tasanne Finnish: lape German: Ebene German: Flachland German: Fläche German: Abflachung Icelandic: flöt Latvian: plakana virsma Māori: haupapa Māori: papatahi Persian: هامون Portuguese: planura Russian: равни́на Russian: пло́скость Tamil: சமநிலம் Afrikaans: platkant
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