flat
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,717 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,566 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another also: level, plane a flat deskacres of level farmland
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness flat computer monitors
- not modified or restricted by reservations also: categoric, categorical, unconditional a categorical deniala flat refusal
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground also: prostrate found himself lying flat on the floor
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone B flat
flat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They would move to a larger flat and he would manage the boys.
Little Citizens: The Humours of School Life · Myra Kelly · Chapter 1
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Beyond this dam, and on a flat lower than it, stood a two-story mill structure.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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Then it gave way so suddenly that Unc' Billy fell over flat on his back.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1
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Glancing up, he found that a new room full of people had appeared where before was nothing but a flat wall.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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He wore a robe of purple velvet, made somewhat like a frock, embroidered with flat damask gold, and small lace intermixed.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1