Flat | Mean of flat in English Dictionary

/ˈflæt/

• having a smooth, level, or even surface
1. flat ground
2. the flat top of the table
3. the flat landscape of the prairie
4. a flat stomach
5. a flat wall
• having a wide, smooth surface and little thickness
1. Coins are usually round and flat.
2. small, flat computer disks
3. a flat piece of wood
• very low and wide
1. flat heels

• having a flat heel or no heel
1. wearing flat shoes
• spread out on or along a surface
1. The soldiers were lying flat on the ground.
2. He was (lying) flat on his back.
• very clear and definite
1. a flat refusal
2. His comments were a flat contradiction of his sister's statement.
3. I'm not going to do it and that's flat! [=and that's that]
• not changing in amount
1. They charged a flat rate for their services.
2. a flat [=fixed] fee
3. Ticket sales have been/remained flat. [=have not increased or decreased]
4. flat profits
5. a flat tax [=a tax that is paid at the same rate by everyone]
• not having much business activity
1. The market is very flat for this time of year.
• not having much interest or energy
1. flat writing
2. a flat performance
3. He spoke in a flat, tired voice.
• no longer having bubbles
1. This beer is flat. = This beer has gone flat.
2. flat ginger ale
3. flat champagne
• not having enough air
1. I got a flat tire from a nail in the street.
2. The tire was (slightly) flat.
• lower than the true pitch
1. Her singing was slightly flat.
• lower than a specified note by a semitone
1. B flat [=a note that is a semitone lower than B]
• not producing strong shadows
1. a portrait taken in flat lighting
• not shiny
1. flat paint
• no longer producing electricity
1. The battery has gone flat. [=(US) the battery is dead; the battery has died]
• very flat
1. The land there is as flat as a pancake.
2. The tire was flat as a pancake.
• Noun
• a level area of land
1. salt flats
2. tidal flats
• a flat part or surface
1. the flat of your hand
2. the flat of a sword
• a musical note that is one semitone lower than a specified note
1. B flat
• a written symbol ♭ that is placed before a note to show that it should be played a semitone lower
• a shallow box in which young plants are grown
• a shoe or slipper that has a flat heel or no heel
1. She wore a casual dress and flats to the show.
• an apartment typically on one floor
1. They moved out of their old flat.
• a tire that does not have enough air
1. I drove over a nail and got a flat.
2. fix a flat
• on or against a flat surface
1. Lay the map flat on the desk.
• in the position of someone or something that is lying spread out on the ground or another surface
1. He slipped and landed/fell flat on his back/face.
• exactly or precisely
1. He got there in two minutes flat.
2. in 10 seconds flat
3. She finished her homework in nothing flat. [=in no time at all; very quickly]
• completely or absolutely
1. We asked for more time but they turned us down flat.
2. (US) If you ask me, what they're doing is flat wrong.
3. I'm flat broke. [=I have no money]
• below the correct musical pitch
1. He sang slightly flat.