flatting

flat[ 'flætiŋ ]

• n.
  • a level tract of land

    "the salt flats of Utah"

  • a shallow box in which seedlings are started
  • a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
  • freight car without permanent sides or roof

    同义词：flatcarflatbed

  • a deflated pneumatic tire

    同义词：flat tire

  • scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
  • a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

    同义词：apartment

• adj.
  • having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

    "a flat desk"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

    同义词：levelplane

  • having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

    "flat computer monitors"

  • not modified or restricted by reservations

    "a flat refusal"

    同义词：categoriccategoricalunconditional

  • stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

    "found himself lying flat on the floor"

    同义词：prostrate

  • lacking contrast or shading between tones
  • lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

    "B flat"

  • flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

    同义词：compressed

  • lacking taste or flavor or tang

    同义词：blandflavorlessflavourlessinsipidsavorlesssavourlessvapid

  • lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

    "a flat joke"

    同义词：bland

  • having lost effervescence

    "flat beer"; "a flat cola"

  • (of taxes) not increasing as the amount taxed increases

    同义词：fixed

  • sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

    同义词：monotonemonotonicmonotonous

  • horizontally level

    "a flat roof"

  • lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

    "a flat two-dimensional painting"

    同义词：two-dimensional2-dimensional

  • (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
  • not reflecting light; not glossy

    "flat wall paint"

    同义词：matmattmattematted

  • commercially inactive

    "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"

• adv.
  • with flat sails

    "sail flat against the wind"

  • in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

    "came out flat for less work and more pay"

    同义词：directlystraight