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- pronunciation:
- flaet
- parts of speech:
- adjective, adverb, noun
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
flatter, flattest |
| definition 1: |
When something is flat, it doesn't have high or low places in it. Flat land does not have hills or mountains. A flat road does not have bumps, hills, or dips. Tables and desks usually have flat surfaces.
Sarah likes to skate on the sidewalk because it is flat and smooth.The cookies that are like balls have coconut in them and the flat cookies are plain butter cookies.
- synonyms:
- even, smooth
- antonyms:
- bumpy, curved, plump, rounded, uneven
- similar words:
- level
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| definition 2: |
When something is flat, it does not rise up or slant down. If a roof is flat, it is not higher at one end than the other.
Our backyard is not good for sledding because it is too flat. There is a nice big hill in the park, though.- synonyms:
- horizontal, level
- antonyms:
- inclined, slanted, vertical
- similar words:
- even
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| definition 3: |
When something is flat, it has little or no air in it.
A sharp rock gave my bike a flat tire.- antonyms:
- inflated
- similar words:
- collapsed, flattened
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| definition 4: |
When something is flat, it lies against a surface without sticking up anywhere.
My mom's hair was flat when she came out of the pool.Mike tripped because the rug wasn't flat.- synonyms:
- horizontal
- similar words:
- low
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| definition 5: |
When something is flat, it is dull or without energy or flavor. If your soup is flat, it means that it does not have much taste. When someone's voice is flat, it means that they speak with no emotion or no interest in what they are saying.
The student read the book in a flat voice because he was tired and bored.- synonyms:
- dull
- similar words:
- boring, dead, stale
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| definition 6: |
When soda is flat, it no longer has any bubbles in it.
The customer complained to the waiter that her soda was flat. He brought her a new one with lots of bubbles. |
| related words: |
dry, horizontal, pale |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| inflections: |
flatter, flattest |
| definition 1: |
If you lay something flat, you lay it all at the same level so that no part of it is sticking up. When you lay flat on your bed, your body is not rising up at one end or slanting down.
We laid our picnic blanket flat on the grass.Alexa slipped on some ice and fell flat on her back.- synonyms:
- horizontally
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| definition 2: |
"Flat" sometimes means "completely." When you are flat out of money, it means that you have no money at all
Mr. Curtis wanted to buy a car, but he can't now because he is flat broke.- synonyms:
- absolutely
- similar words:
- totally
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| definition 3: |
When someone is flat wrong, they are wrong without a doubt.
Ryan and Evan thought the water at the lake would be warm enough to swim, but they were flat wrong. It was still freezing cold!- synonyms:
- absolutely, directly, exactly, precisely
- similar words:
- dead, plain
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| definition 4: |
When someone sings flat, they sing lower than the correct pitch.
Jay was singing flat while listening to his music on his headphones.- antonyms:
- sharp
- similar words:
- low
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| related words: |
down |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
Flats are a type of women's shoe with no heel or a very low heel. They are simple shoes and are often worn with a skirt or dress.
My mom says she is more comfortable wearing flats than when she is wearing her shoes with high heels.
- similar words:
- sandal
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| derivations: |
flatly (adv.), flatness (n.) |
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