Definition (noun) a level tract of land
Definition (noun) a shallow box in which seedlings are started
Definition (noun) a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
Definition (noun) freight car without permanent sides or roof
Definition (noun) a deflated pneumatic tire
Definition (noun) scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
Definition (noun) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Definition (adj) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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a flat desk
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acres of level farmland
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a plane surface
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skirts sewn with fine flat seams
Definition (adj) having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
Definition (adj) not modified or restricted by reservations
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a categorical denial
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a flat refusal
Definition (adj) stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
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found himself lying flat on the floor
Definition (adj) lacking contrast or shading between tones
Definition (adj) (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
Definition (adj) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Definition (adj) lacking taste or flavor or tang
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a bland diet
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insipid hospital food
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flavorless supermarket tomatoes
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vapid beer
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vapid tea
Definition (adj) lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
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a bland little drama
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a flat joke
Definition (adj) having lost effervescence
Definition (adj) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
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the owl's faint monotonous hooting
Definition (adj) horizontally level
Definition (adj) lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
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a film with two-dimensional characters
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a flat two-dimensional painting
Definition (adj) not reflecting light; not glossy
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flat wall paint
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a photograph with a matte finish
Definition (adj) commercially inactive
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flat sales for the month
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prices remained flat
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a flat market
Definition (adv) with flat sails
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sail flat against the wind
Definition (adv) in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
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he didn't answer directly
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told me straight out
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came out flat for less work and more pay