Flats Meaning and Definition

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What is the definition Flats? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Words starting with Flats, Synonyms, Derivations, Antonyms, Words ending with Flats, Related sentences, Example sentences and more...

Word: Flats

How to pronounce:

How to pronounce: flæt

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Example sentences: "He sat down on a flat rock"

2. Lacking emotion; dull and lifeless.

Example sentences: "‘I'm sorry,’ he said, in a flat voice"

3. (of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence.

Example sentences: "She sipped some of the flat champagne"

4. (of a fee, wage, or price) the same in all cases, not varying with changed conditions or in particular cases.

Example sentences: "A flat fare of £2.50"

5. (of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.

Example sentences: "Sung in a deliberately flat tone, this song is a typically acidic musical joke and for that reason it does not stand up to repeated listens."

6. Relating to flat racing.

Example sentences: "The Flat season"

Adverb

Definitions:

1. In or to a horizontal position.

Example sentences: "He was lying flat on his back"

2. Completely; absolutely.

3. Below the true or normal pitch of musical sound.

Example sentences: "It wasn't a question of singing flat, but of simply singing the wrong notes"

Noun

Definitions:

1. The flat part of something.

Example sentences: "She placed the flat of her hand over her glass"

2. An upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame.

Example sentences: "Banks of paintings can be pulled out, like stage flats."

3. A flat tyre.

4. Flat racing.

Example sentences: "On the Flat at Lingfield, Lady Bear has what could be her final career start, in the Littlewoods Bet Direct Fleur De Lys Stakes."

5. A musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.

Example sentences: "The two flats cancel out the one given sharp, leaving one flat remaining - the resulting key, the one we need to play in, is F."

Verb

Definitions:

1. Lower (a note) by a semitone.

Example sentences: "When a person has a poor ear for music, he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it"

2. Make flat; flatten.

Example sentences: "Flat the loaves down"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor and within a larger building containing a number of such residences.

Example sentences: "A block of flats"

Verb

Definitions: