Sounds | flae't | |
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Rhymes | acrobat ... ziggurat: 63 rhymes with aet... |
Meaning | Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another. | |
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Synonyms | level, plane | |
Broader | even | Level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture |
Spanish | liso, llano, nivelado, plano, raso | |
Catalan | llis, pla | |
Nouns | flatness | the property of having two dimensions |
Meaning | Having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness. | |
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Example | "flat computer monitors" | |
Broader | planar, two-dimensional | Involving two dimensions |
Spanish | llano, plano | |
Nouns | flatness | the property of having two dimensions |
Meaning | not modified or restricted by reservations. | |
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Example | "a flat refusal" | |
Synonyms | categoric, categorical, unconditional | |
Broader | unqualified | not limited or restricted |
Spanish | categórico, incondicional, rotundo, terminante | |
Catalan | categòric, incondicional, rotund, terminant | |
Adverbs | flatly | in an unqualified manner |
Meaning | Stretched out and lying at full length along the ground. | |
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Example | "found himself lying flat on the floor" | |
Synonym | prostrate | |
Broader | unerect | not upright in position or posture |
Spanish | postrado |
Meaning | lacking contrast or shading between tones. | |
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Category | photography, picture taking | The act of taking and printing photographs |
Opposite | contrasty | Having sharp differences between black and white |
Spanish | uniforme | |
Nouns | flatness | the property of having little or no contrast |
Meaning | (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone. | |
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Example | "B flat" | |
Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
Opposite | natural | (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone |
sharp | (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone | |
Spanish | bemol |
Meaning | flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes). | |
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Synonym | compressed | |
Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
Spanish | aplanado, plano | |
Catalan | aplanat, pla | |
Nouns | flatness | the property of having two dimensions |
Meaning | lacking taste or flavor or tang. | |
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Synonyms | bland, flavorless, flavourless, insipid, savorless, savourless, vapid | |
Broader | tasteless | lacking flavor |
Spanish | blando, desaborido, insípido, insulso, soso | |
Catalan | dessaborit, insípid, insuls | |
Nouns | flatness | a deficiency in flavor |
Meaning | lacking stimulating characteristics / characteristics; uninteresting. | |
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Example | "a flat joke" | |
Synonym | bland | |
Broader | unstimulating, unexciting | not stimulating |
Spanish | desaborido, insípido, insulso, soso | |
Catalan | dessaborit, insípid, insuls | |
Nouns | flatness | a want of animation or brilliance |
Meaning | Having lost effervescence. | |
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Broader | noneffervescent | not effervescent |
Meaning | sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch. | |
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Synonyms | monotone, monotonic, monotonous | |
Broader | unmodulated | Characterized by lack of variation in pitch, tone, or volume |
Spanish | monótono | |
Catalan | monòton | |
Nouns | flatness | a want of animation or brilliance |
Meaning | horizontally level. | |
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Example | "a flat roof" | |
Broader | horizontal | parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line |
Spanish | llano |
Meaning | lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth. | |
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Example | "a flat two-dimensional painting" | |
Synonyms | two-dimensional, 2-dimensional | |
Broader | multidimensional | Having or involving or marked by several dimensions or aspects |
Spanish | bidimensional | |
Catalan | bidimensional | |
Nouns | flatness | a want of animation or brilliance |
Meaning | not reflecting light; not glossy. | |
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Example | "flat wall paint" | |
Synonyms | mat, matt, matte, matted | |
Broader | dull | emitting or reflecting very little light |
Spanish | mate | |
Catalan | mat | |
Nouns | flatness | the property of having little or no contrast |
Meaning | commercially inactive. | |
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Broader | inactive | (pathology) not progressing or increasing |
Meaning | A level tract of land. | |
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Example | "the salt flats of Utah" | |
Narrower | alluvial flat, alluvial plain | A flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water |
salt flat, salt plain | A flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water | |
Broader | plain, field, champaign | extensive tract of level open land |
Spanish | llanura |
Meaning | A shallow box in which seedlings are started. | |
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Broader | box | A (usually rectangular) container |
Meaning | A musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named. | |
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Narrower | double flat | A musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones |
Broader | musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians / musicians |
Spanish | bemol | |
Catalan | bemoll |
Meaning | freight car without permanent sides or roof. | |
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Synonyms | flatcar, flatbed | |
Broader | freight car | A railway car that carries freight |
Meaning | A deflated pneumatic tire. | |
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Synonym | flat tire | |
Broader | pneumatic tire, pneumatic tyre | A tire made of reinforced rubber / rubber and filled with compressed air |
Spanish | llanta desinflada | |
Catalan | punxada |
Meaning | scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting. | |
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Part of | mise en scene, stage setting, setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
Narrower | coulisse, wing flat | A flat situated in the wings |
tormenter, tormentor, teaser | A flat at each side of the stage to prevent the audience from seeing into the wings | |
Broader | scenery, scene | The painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale |
Meaning | With flat sails. | |
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Example | "sail flat against the wind" |
Meaning | In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly. | |
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Example | "came out flat for less work and more pay" | |
Synonyms | directly, straight | |
Opposite | indirectly | not in a forthright manner |
Spanish | directamente | |
Catalan | directament |
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