flat: signification et définitions

Having a horizontal surface without a slope, tilt, or curvature.

Having a smooth, even, level surface: a skirt sewed with fine flat seams.

Having a relatively broad surface in relation to thickness or depth: a flat board. See Synonyms at level.

Stretched out or lying at full length along the ground; prone.

Free of qualification; absolute: a flat refusal.

Fixed; unvarying: a flat rate.

Lacking interest or excitement; dull: a flat scenario.

Lacking in flavor: a flat stew that needs salt.

Having lost effervescence or sparkle: flat beer.

Deflated. Used of a tire.

Electrically discharged. Used of a storage battery.

Of or relating to a horizontal line that displays no ups or downs and signifies the absence of physiological activity: A flat electroencephalogram indicates a loss of brain function.

Commercially inactive; sluggish: flat sales for the month.

Unmodulated; monotonous: a flat voice.

Lacking variety in tint or shading; uniform: "The sky was bright but flat, the color of oyster shells” ( Anne Tyler).

Not glossy; mat: flat paint.

Music Being below the correct pitch.

Music Being one half step lower than the corresponding natural key: the key of B flat.

Designating the vowel a as pronounced in bad or cat.

Nautical Taut. Used of a sail.

Level with the ground; horizontally.

On or up against a flat surface; at full length.

So as to be flat.

Directly; completely: went flat against the rules; flat broke.

Exactly; precisely: arrived in six minutes flat.