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having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another;
"a flat desk"
"acres of level farmland"
"a plane surface"
"skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
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having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness;
"flat computer monitors"
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not modified or restricted by reservations;
"a categorical denial"
"a flat refusal"
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stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;
"found himself lying flat on the floor"
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lacking contrast or shading between tones
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(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;
"B flat"
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flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
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lacking taste or flavor or tang;
"a bland diet"
"insipid hospital food"
"flavorless supermarket tomatoes"
"vapid beer"
"vapid tea"
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lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;
"a bland little drama"
"a flat joke"
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having lost effervescence;
"flat beer"
"a flat cola"
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sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch;
"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
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horizontally level;
"a flat roof"
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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"
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not reflecting light; not glossy;
"flat wall paint"
"a photograph with a matte finish"
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commercially inactive;
"flat sales for the month"
"prices remained flat"
"a flat market"
