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- English Word Flat Definition A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.
- English Word Flat Definition A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.
- English Word Flat Definition A homaloid space or extension.
- English Word Flat Definition To make flat; to flatten; to level.
- English Word Flat Definition To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
- English Word Flat Definition To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
- English Word Flat Definition To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- English Word Flat Definition To fall form the pitch.
- English Word Flat foot Definition A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.
- English Word Flat-bottomed Definition Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.
- English Word Flat-cap Definition A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London.
- English Word Flat-footed Definition Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.
- English Word Flat-footed Definition Firm-footed; determined.
- English Word Flat-headed Definition Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.
- English Word Flatbill Definition Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.
- English Word Flatboat Definition A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.
- English Word Flatfish Definition Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
- English Word Flathead Definition Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.
- English Word Flathead Definition A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.
- English Word Flating Definition With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position.
- English Word Flatiron Definition An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.
- English Word Flative Definition Producing wind; flatulent.
- English Word Flatlency Definition The state or quality of being flatulent.
- English Word Flatlong Definition With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
- English Word Flatly Definition In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptorily; positively, plainly.
- English Word Flatness Definition The quality or state of being flat.
- English Word Flatness Definition Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
- English Word Flatness Definition Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.
- English Word Flatness Definition Want of variety or flavor; dullness; insipidity.
- English Word Flatness Definition Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.