flat

1. A level tract of land (synset 109304317)
   "the salt flats of Utah"
   is a type of: champaign, field, plain - extensive tract of level open land
   subtypes:

   • alluvial flat, alluvial plain - a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water
   • salt flat, salt plain - a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
2. A shallow box in which seedlings are started (synset 103364884)
   is a type of: box - a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
3. A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named (synset 106879969)
   is a type of: musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
   subtypes: double flat - a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones
4. Freight car without permanent sides or roof (synset 103365577)
   is a type of: freight car - a railway car that carries freight
   same as: flatbed, flatcar
5. A deflated pneumatic tire (synset 103364796)
   is a type of: pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre - a tire made of reinforced rubber and filled with compressed air; used on motor vehicles and bicycles etc
   same as: flat tire
6. Scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas;
   Part of a stage setting (synset 103364601)
   is a type of: scene, scenery - the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
   subtypes:

   • coulisse, wing flat - a flat situated in the wings
   • teaser, tormenter, tormentor - a flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings
   is a part of: mise en scene, setting, stage setting - arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
7. A suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house (synset 102729230)
   is a type of: housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed
   subtypes:

   • bedsit, bedsitter, bedsitting room - a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)
   • cold-water flat - an apartment without modern conveniences
   • duplex, duplex apartment - an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
   • efficiency apartment - a furnished apartment with a kitchenette and bathroom
   • flatlet - a tiny flat
   • maisonette, maisonnette - a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside
   • penthouse - an apartment located on the top floors of a building
   • railroad flat - an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them
   • studio, studio apartment - an apartment with a living space and a bathroom and a small kitchen
   • rooms, suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
   • walk-up, walk-up apartment - an apartment in a building without an elevator
   has: kitchenette - small kitchen
   is a part of: apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments
   same as: apartment

1. With flat sails (synset 400342951)
   "sail flat against the wind"
2. In a forthright manner;
   Candidly or frankly (synset 400058666)
   "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
   same as: directly, straight

1. Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another (synset 300913184)
   "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
   similar to: even - being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
   same as: level, plane
2. Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness (synset 300662446)
   "flat computer monitors"
   similar to: planar, two-dimensional - involving or having two dimensions
3. Not modified or restricted by reservations (synset 301920312)
   "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
   similar to: unqualified - not limited or restricted
   same as: categoric, categorical, unconditional
4. Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground (synset 301241913)
   "found himself lying flat on the floor"
   similar to: unerect - not upright in position or posture
   same as: prostrate
5. Lacking contrast or shading between tones (synset 301025410)
   referred to in: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
6. (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone (synset 301582560)
   "B flat"
   referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
7. Flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) (synset 302421833)
   referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
   similar to: thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
   same as: compressed
8. Lacking taste or flavor or tang (synset 302408319)
   "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
   similar to: tasteless - lacking flavor
   same as: bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid
9. Lacking stimulating characteristics;
   Uninteresting (synset 302315243)
   "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
   similar to: unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
   same as: bland
10. Having lost effervescence (synset 302284827)
    "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
    similar to: noneffervescent - not effervescent
11. Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch (synset 301545995)
    "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
    similar to: unmodulated - characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume
    same as: monotone, monotonic, monotonous
12. Horizontally level (synset 301235893)
    "a flat roof"
    similar to: horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line
13. Lacking the expected range or depth;
    Not designed to give an illusion or depth (synset 300663738)
    "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"
    similar to: multidimensional - having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects
    same as: 2-dimensional, two-dimensional
14. Not reflecting light;
    Not glossy (synset 300284838)
    "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
    similar to: dull - emitting or reflecting very little light
    same as: mat, matt, matte, matted
15. Commercially inactive (synset 300038232)
    "flat sales for the month"; "prices remained flat"; "a flat market"
    similar to: inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

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