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Adjective flat has 18 senses

flat, level, plane - having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"
Antonym: uneven (indirect, via even)
flat - having no depth or thickness
Antonyms: cubic, three-dimensional (indirect, via linear, planar)
Antonyms: linear, one-dimensional (indirect, via planar, cubic)
categoric, categorical, flat, unconditional - not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal"
Antonym: qualified (indirect, via unqualified)
flat, prostrate - stretched out and lying at full length along the ground; "found himself lying flat on the floor"
Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
flat - lacking contrast or shading between tones
Antonym: contrasty
flat - lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone; "B flat"
Antonyms: natural, sharp
compressed, flat - flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Antonym: thick (indirect, via thin)
bland, flat, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid - lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
Antonym: tasteful (indirect, via tasteless)
bland, flat - lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting; "a bland little drama"; "a flat joke"
Antonym: stimulating (indirect, via unstimulating)
flat - having lost effervescence; "flat beer"; "a flat cola"
Antonym: effervescent (indirect, via noneffervescent)
flat, fixed - not increasing as the amount taxed increases
Antonym: progressive (indirect, via regressive)
flat, unraised - not made with leavening; "most flat breads are made from unleavened dough"
Antonym: leavened (indirect, via unleavened)
flat - parallel to the ground; "a flat roof"
Antonyms: vertical, perpendicular (indirect, via inclined, horizontal)
Antonym: inclined (indirect, via horizontal, vertical)
flat, unpleated - without pleats
Antonym: folded (indirect, via unfolded)
two-dimensional, flat - lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth; "a film with two-dimensional characters"; "a flat two-dimensional painting"
Antonyms: unidimensional, one-dimensional (indirect, via multidimensional)
flat - (of a tire) completely or partially deflated
Antonym: inflated (indirect, via deflated)
flat, mat, matt, matte, matted - not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish"
Antonym: bright (indirect, via dull)
flat - lacking variety in shading; "a flat unshaded painting"
Antonym: shaded (indirect, via unshaded)

Adverbial flat has 6 senses

flat - at full length; "he fell flat on his face"
flat - with flat sails; "sail flat against the wind"
flat - below the proper pitch; "she sang flat last night"
flat - against a flat surface; "he lay flat on his back"
directly, flat, straight - in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
flat - wholly or completely; "He is flat broke"

Noun flat has 7 senses

flat - a level tract of land
--₁ is a kind of plain, field, champaign
--₁ has particulars: salt flat, salt plain
flat - a shallow box in which seedlings are started
--₂ is a kind of box
flat - a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
--₃ is a kind of musical notation
--₃ has particulars: double flat
flatcar, flatbed, flat - freight car without permanent sides or roof
--₄ is a kind of freight car
flat, flat tire - a deflated pneumatic tire
--₅ is a kind of pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre
flat - scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
--₆ is a kind of scenery, scene
--₆ is a part of mise en scene, stage setting, setting
--₆ has particulars: coulisse, wing flat; tormenter, tormentor, teaser

apartment, flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
--₇ is a kind of housing, lodging, living accommodations
--₇ is a part of apartment building, apartment house
--₇ has parts: kitchenette
--₇ has particulars:

bedsitting room, bedsitter, bedsit; cold-water flat; duplex apartment, duplex; efficiency apartment; flatlet; maisonette, maisonnette; penthouse; railroad flat; studio apartment, studio; suite, rooms; walk-up apartment, walk-up