A shallow container used to start cannabis seedlings or clones.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
flat (adjective)1.
a) lying at full length or spread out upon the ground - prostrate
b) utterly ruined or destroyed
c) resting with a surface against something
2.
a) having a continuous horizontal surface
b) being or characterized by a horizontal line or tracing without peaks or depressions - a flat EEG
3.
having a relatively smooth or even surface
4.
arranged or laid out so as to be level or even
5.
a) having the major surfaces essentially parallel and distinctly greater than the minor surfaces - a flat piece of wood
b) of a shoe heel very low and broad
6.
a) clearly unmistakable - a flat denial
b) (1) not varying - fixed a flat rate
(2) having no fraction either lacking or in excess - exact in a flat 10 seconds
(3) of a frequency response not varying significantly throughout its range
7.
a) lacking in animation, zest, or vigor - dull
b) lacking flavor - tasteless
c) lacking effervescence or sparkle - flat ginger ale
d) commercially inactive , also characterized by no significant rise or decline from one period to another - sales were flat
e) of a tire lacking air - deflated
f) chiefly British of a battery - dead discharged
8.
a) (1) of a tone lowered a half step in pitch
(2) lower than the proper pitch
b) of the vowel a pronounced as in or - bad bat
9.
a) having a low trajectory
b) of a tennis stroke made so as to give little or no spin to the ball
10.
of a sail - taut
11.
a) uniform in hue or shade
b) having little or no illusion of depth
c) of a photograph or negative lacking contrast
d) of lighting conditions lacking shadows or contours
e) free from gloss - a flat paint
f) - two-dimensional flat characters
12.
of, relating to, or used in competition on the flat - a flat horse
13.
of a universe having a mass such that expansion halts only after infinite time and collapse never occurs level, insipid
1.
a) a level surface of land - usually used in plural sagebrush flats tidal flats
b) a stretch of land without obstacles , especially a track or course for a flat race - usually used with the has won twice on the flat
2.
a flat part or surface - the flat of one's hand
3.
a) a musical note or tone one half step lower than a specified note or tone
b) a character ♭ on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a half step drop in pitch
4.
something flat as
a) a shallow container for shipping produce
b) a shallow box in which seedlings are started
c) a flat piece of theatrical scenery
d) a shoe or slipper having a flat heel or no heel
5.
chiefly British an apartment on one floor
6.
a deflated tire
7.
the area to either side of an offensive football formation
1.
in a flat manner - directly positively
2.
in a complete manner - absolutely flat broke
3.
below the proper musical pitch
4.
without interest charge , especially without allowance or charge for accrued interest - bonds sold flat
transitive verb
1.
- flatten
2.
intransitive verb
to lower in pitch especially by a half step to sing or play below the true pitch
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
flat (adjective)1.
being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent
SYNONYMS:
exact, flat, precise, roundNEAR ANTONYMS:
approximate, comparative, near, relative; imprecise2.
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
SYNONYMS:
arid, colorless, drab, dreary, drudging, dry, dull, dusty, flat, heavy, ho-hum, humdrum, jading, jejune, leaden, mind-numbing, monochromatic, monotonous, numbing, old, pedestrian, ponderous, slow, stale, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearyingRELATED WORDS:
aseptic, barren, blah, dullish, pleasureless, prosaic, prosy, soggy, spiritless; blank, earthbound, gray ( grey), inanimate, pallid, pedantic, sterile, suspenseless, undramatic, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, unnewsworthy, unrewarding, unsensational, unspectacular; annoying, bothersome, irksome, irritating; longsome; palling; draining, enervating, exhausting, fatiguing, wearing; debilitating, enfeebling; demoralizing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting; common, commonplace, ordinary, tepid, unexceptional, unsurprising, vapid; cumbersome, lumbering, plodding, poky ( pokey)NEAR ANTONYMS:
amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous ( marvellous), sensational, spectacular, surprising, wonderful, wondrous; animating, breathtaking, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, galvanizing, hair-raising, inspiring, invigorating, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling; amusing, diverting, entertaining; moving, poignant, touching; alluring, attracting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating; mesmerizing, spellbinding; suspenseful; arresting, provocative, tantalizing3.
having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities
SYNONYMS:
even, flat, flush, plane, smoothRELATED WORDS:
exact, uniform; aligned ( alined), regular, true; horizontal, tabular; plumb, straight, verticalNEAR ANTONYMS:
inexact, irregular, unaligned, warped; undulating, undulatory, wavy; pitted, pockmarked, pocky4.
having been established and usually not subject to change
SYNONYMS:
certain, determinate, final, firm, flat, frozen, hard, hard-and-fast, inexpugnable, set, settled, stableRELATED WORDS:
nonadjustable, noncancelable, nonnegotiable, unchangeable; constant, steady, unchanging, uniform, unwavering; definite, exact, explicit, specific; given, stated, stipulated; dependable, good, reliable, responsible, safe, solid, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trustyNEAR ANTONYMS:
adjustable, changeable, negotiable; indefinite, open-ended, unspecified; capricious, changeful, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile5.
having no exceptions or restrictions
SYNONYMS:
all-out, arrant, blank, blooming, bodacious, categorical ( categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, veryRELATED WORDS:
authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable; constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting; extreme, unrestricted; confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate; extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrificNEAR ANTONYMS:
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain6.
lacking a surface luster or gloss
SYNONYMS:
dim, dull, dulled, flat, lusterlessRELATED WORDS:
tarnished, unpolished; cloudy, dingy, dirty, drab, lackluster, mousy ( mousey), muddy; gray ( grey), leaden, pale, palish; black, dark, darkened, darkish, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber ( sombre), stygian, tenebrific, tenebrousNEAR ANTONYMS:
buffed, burnished, glazed, lacquered, polished, rubbed, shellacked, varnished; satin, satiny; silken, silky; slick, slippery; gemmy, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glittering, scintillating, shimmering, shining, sparkling, twinkling; beaming, bedazzling, bright, brightened, brilliant, candescent, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining7.
lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character
SYNONYMS:
banal, flat, insipid, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, wateryRELATED WORDS:
unexciting, uninspiring, unrewarding; bland, boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, lifeless, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, vapid, wearisome, weary, wearying; inane; innocuous, inoffensive; mild, soft, subdued, tame, weak; common, commonplace, ordinary, stale, unexceptionalNEAR ANTONYMS:
piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, spicy; meaty, substantial; entertaining, exciting, galvanizing, inspiring, invigorating, thrilling8.
lacking in taste or flavor
SYNONYMS:
dead, flat, flavorless, savorless, tasteless, unsavoryRELATED WORDS:
bland, dilute, thin, watery, weak; plain, unflavoredNEAR ANTONYMS:
disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, sickening, unappetizing, unpalatable; cloying, mawkish; appetizing, delectable, delicious, palatable, toothsome; keen, piquant, seasoned, spicy; flavored; heavy, richto a full extent or degree
SYNONYMS:
all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb, quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wideRELATED WORDS:
absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly; basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially; abundantly, copiously, generously, greatlyNEAR ANTONYMS:
barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially; approximately, roughly, somewhata room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place
SYNONYMS:
diggings, digs, flat, lodgings, suite, tenementRELATED WORDS:
bed-sitter ( bedsit bed-sitting-room) [], cohousing, condo, condominium, duplex, duplex apartment, efficiency, efficiency apartment, flatlet [], floor-through, garden apartment, granny flat [], maisonette, penthouse, railroad flat, salon, saloon [], studio, studio apartment, triplex, walk-up; gallery, wing; apartment building, apartment house, tenement house
Flat (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: flăt, IPA(key): /flæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
Etymology 1
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 Frisian flot (“smooth”), German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek
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