Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word flat. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in flat.
Definitions and meaning of flat
flat
Pronunciation
enPR: flăt, IPA(key): /flæt/
Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishflat, a borrowing from Old Norseflatr (compare Norwegian and Swedishflat, Danishflad), from Proto-Germanic*flataz, from Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-(“flat”); akin to Saterland Frisianflot(“smooth”), GermanFlöz(“a geological layer”), Ancient Greekπλατύς(platús), Latvianplats, Sanskritप्रथस्(prathas, “extension”). Doublet of plat and pleyt.
The noun is from Middle Englishflat(“level piece of ground, flat edge of a weapon”), from the adjective.
The algebraic sense was coined by Serre in a 1956 paper, originally as Frenchplat.
Alternative forms
flatt, flatte(both obsolete)
Adjective
flat (comparativeflatter, superlativeflattest)
Having no variations in height.
In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
(slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
(not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
(music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
(of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
Synonym:matte
(figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
February 16, 1833, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk
A large part of the work is, to me, very flat.
(authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
Antonym:round
(music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
(music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
Absolute; downright; peremptory.
1602, John Marston, Antonio and Mellida, Malone Society Reprint, 1921, Act I, lines 324-326,[1]
He is made like a tilting staffe; and lookes
For all the world like an ore-rosted pigge:
A great Tobacco taker too, thats flat.
(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
(wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
(juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
(phonetics, dated, of a consonant) Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.
(grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
(golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
(horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
(of measurements of time) Exact.
(homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
(algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
(algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
Hyponym:faithfully flat
Synonyms
(having no variations in altitude):even, planar, plane, smooth, uniform
(without variations in pitch):monotone
(uninteresting):boring, dull, uninteresting; see also Thesaurus:boring
(deflated):deflated, punctured
(of a carbonated drink: no longer fizzes):still, unfizzy; see also Thesaurus:noneffervescent
(of wine: lacking acidity):flabby
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "having no variations in altitude"):bumpy, cratered, hilly(of terrain), rough (of a surface), wrinkled (of a surface)
(antonym(s) of "music: lowered by one semitone"):sharp
(antonym(s) of "music: lower in pitch than it should be"):sharp
In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
(with units of time, distance, etc)Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
Completely.
Directly; flatly.
(finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
The bonds are trading flat.
Synonyms
(so as to be flat):
(bluntly):bluntly, curtly
(not exceeding):tops
(completely):absolutely, completely, utterly
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
flat (pluralflats)
An area of level ground (sometimes covered with water).
The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.
the eastern end of the salt flat; mud flat, tidal flat, flood flat
(in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
I can run on the flat but not up hills.
The going will be easier once we're through these mountains and onto the flat.
(horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
This horse will do better over the flat.
flat racing, the flat season
2020, Brian Sheerin, Racing Post, "Gordon Elliott maps out summer Flat campaigns for talented jumpers" (article) [2]
In light of Horse Racing Ireland's Covid-19 contingency plan announcement, that whenever racing resumes the Flat will be given priority, Elliott has decided to keep a number of talented jumpers on the go during the summer, with a view towards a dual-purpose campaign.
2021 (retrieved), racing365.com, "Flat Racing Explained" [3]
In British horse racing, the classics are a series of horse races run over the flat (i.e. without jumps).
(Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
(music) 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. ♭♪).
The key of E♭ has three flats.
(informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
(painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
The flat part of something:
(swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
A wide, shallow container or pallet.
(mail) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
(rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
(rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
(geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
A flat sheet for use on a bed.
(publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
(mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
(technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene. It's a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
(entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
(historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
(obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.
Short for flat ride(“spinning amusement ride”).
(optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
(gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
(Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "note"):sharp
(antonym(s) of "shoes"):high heels
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
flat (third-person singular simple presentflats, present participleflatting, simple past and past participleflatted)
(poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
(intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
(intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
(transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
(transitive, dated) To make flat; to flatten; to level.
(transitive, dated) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
Etymology 2
From 1795, alteration of Scotsflet(“inner part of a house”), from Middle Englishflet(“dwelling”), from Old Englishflet, flett(“ground floor, dwelling”), from Proto-Germanic*flatją(“floor”), from Proto-Germanic*flataz(“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-(“flat”). Akin to Old Frisianflet, flette(“dwelling, house”). More at flet, flat1.
Noun
flat (pluralflats)
(chiefly British, New England, New Zealand and Australia, archaic elsewhere) An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
Synonyms
(apartment):apartment
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Portuguese: flate
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishflatten, from Old Frenchflatir(“to knock or strike down, dash”), from Frankish*flattjan(“to move the palm of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic*flatjaną(“to make flat, flatten”).
Verb
flat (third-person singular simple presentflats, present participleflatting, simple past and past participleflatted)