flat

/flæt/ · noun

Meaning

An area of level ground.
A note played a 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. ♭♪).
A flat tyre/tire.
(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
To make a flat call; to call without raising.
To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
To fall from the pitch.
To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
To make flat; to flatten; to level.
To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
Having no variations in height.
(voice) Without variations in pitch.
Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
(note) Lowered by one semitone.
Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
So as to be flat.
Bluntly.
(with units of time, distance, etc) Not exceeding.
Completely.
Directly; flatly.
Without allowance for accrued interest.
An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
To beat or strike; pound
To dash or throw
To dash, rush

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