flat
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a level tract of land
the salt flats of Utah
Types & categories
- plain hypernym
- alluvial flat hyponym
- salt flat hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
a flat desk
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adverb
with flat sails
sail flat against the wind
Sense 4 noun
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
Types & categories
- box hypernym
Sense 5 adjective
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
flat computer monitors
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adverb
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
he didn't answer directly
Related & opposite
- indirectly antonym
- direct derived from
Sense 7 noun
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
Types & categories
- musical notation hypernym
- double flat hyponym
Sense 8 adjective
not modified or restricted by reservations
a categorical denial
Related & opposite
- unqualified similar to
Sense 9 noun
freight car without permanent sides or roof
Types & categories
- freight car hypernym
Sense 10 adjective
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
found himself lying flat on the floor
Related & opposite
- unerect similar to
Sense 11 noun
a deflated pneumatic tire
Types & categories
- pneumatic tire hypernym
Sense 12 adjective
lacking contrast or shading between tones
Related & opposite
- contrasty antonym
- lusterlessness derivation
- photography domain topic
Sense 13 noun
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- mise en scene part holonym
Sense 14 adjective
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
B flat
Related & opposite
Sense 15 noun
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
Types & categories
- lodging hypernym
- bedsitting room hyponym
- cold-water flat hyponym
- duplex apartment hyponym
- efficiency apartment hyponym
- flatlet hyponym
- maisonette hyponym
- penthouse hyponym
- railroad flat hyponym
- studio apartment hyponym
- rooms hyponym
- walk-up hyponym
Parts & wholes
- apartment building part holonym
- kitchenette part meronym
Related & opposite
- flatlet derivation
Sense 16 adjective
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
Related & opposite
Sense 17 adjective
lacking taste or flavor or tang
a bland diet
Related & opposite
- tastelessness derivation
- blandness derivation
- flatness derivation
- tasteless similar to
Sense 18 adjective
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
a bland little drama
Related & opposite
- flatness derivation
- unexciting similar to
Sense 19 adjective
having lost effervescence
flat beer
Related & opposite
- noneffervescent similar to
Sense 20 adjective
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
the owl's faint monotonous hooting
Related & opposite
- flatness derivation
- monotone derivation
- monotone derivation
- unmodulated similar to
Sense 21 adjective
horizontally level
a flat roof
Related & opposite
- horizontal similar to
Sense 22 adjective
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
a film with two-dimensional characters
Related & opposite
- flatness derivation
- multidimensional similar to
Sense 23 adjective
not reflecting light; not glossy
flat wall paint
Related & opposite
- lusterlessness derivation
- dull similar to
Sense 24 adjective
commercially inactive
flat sales for the month
Related & opposite
- inactive similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alluvial flat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salt flat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plane |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | even |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | box |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | planar |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | indirectly |
| 6 | derived from | Related & opposite | direct |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical notation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | double flat |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | unqualified |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | freight car |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | unerect |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | pneumatic tire |
| 12 | antonym | Related & opposite | contrasty |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | lusterlessness |
| 12 | domain topic | Related & opposite | photography |
| 13 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | mise en scene |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | scenery |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | coulisse |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | tormenter |
| 14 | antonym | Related & opposite | natural |
| 14 | antonym | Related & opposite | sharp |
| 14 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatlet |
| 15 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | apartment building |
| 15 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | kitchenette |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | lodging |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedsitting room |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold-water flat |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | duplex apartment |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | efficiency apartment |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | flatlet |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | maisonette |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | penthouse |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | railroad flat |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | studio apartment |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | rooms |
| 15 | hyponym | Types & categories | walk-up |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatness |
| 16 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 16 | similar to | Related & opposite | thin |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | tastelessness |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | blandness |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatness |
| 17 | similar to | Related & opposite | tasteless |
| 18 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatness |
| 18 | similar to | Related & opposite | unexciting |
| 19 | similar to | Related & opposite | noneffervescent |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatness |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | monotone |
| 20 | derivation | Related & opposite | monotone |
| 20 | similar to | Related & opposite | unmodulated |
| 21 | similar to | Related & opposite | horizontal |
| 22 | derivation | Related & opposite | flatness |
| 22 | similar to | Related & opposite | multidimensional |
| 23 | derivation | Related & opposite | lusterlessness |
| 23 | similar to | Related & opposite | dull |
| 24 | similar to | Related & opposite | inactive |