Having no variations in height.
The land around here is flat.
Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
The exchange rate has been flat for several weeks.
Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
The party was a bit flat.
An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.
A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
From Middle English flat, a borrowing from Old Norse flatr (compare Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”); akin to Saterland...
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Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.
Exactly, precisely.
In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
The key of E♭ has three flats.
A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
The excellence of French flats is so well known in America, that the owner will often refer to his property as "first class French flats."