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ALL meanings of flatted

flat
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  • adjective flatted Phonetics. lenis; voiced. 1
  • adjective flatted Nautical. cut with little or no fullness. trimmed as nearly fore-and-aft as possible, for sailing to windward. 1
  • adjective flatted flat a, the a -sound (a) of glad, bat, or act. 1
  • noun flatted something flat. 1
  • noun flatted a shoe, especially a woman's shoe, with a flat heel or no heel. 1
  • noun flatted a flat surface, side, or part of anything: He struck me with the flat of his hand. 1
  • noun flatted flat or level ground; a flat area: salt flats. 1
  • noun flatted a marsh, shoal, or shallow. 1
  • noun flatted Music. (in musical notation) the character ♭, which when attached to a note or to a staff degree lowers its significance one chromatic half step. a tone one chromatic half step below another: The flat of B is B flat. (on keyboard instruments, with reference to any given note) the key next below or to the left. 1
  • noun flatted Theater. a piece of scenery consisting of a wooden frame, usually rectangular, covered with lightweight board or fabric. 1
  • noun flatted a broad, thin book, chiefly for children: a juvenile flat. 1
  • noun flatted Informal. a deflated automobile tire. 1
  • noun flatted (in postal use) a large flat package, as in a manila envelope, for mailing. 1
  • noun flatted Architecture. a flat roof or deck. 1
  • noun flatted Nautical. Also called platform. a partial deck between two full decks. a low, flat barge or lighter. 1
  • noun flatted Shipbuilding. a broad, flat piece of iron or steel for overlapping and joining two plates at their edges. a straight timber in a frame or other assembly of generally curved timbers. 1
  • noun flatted an iron or steel bar of rectangular cross section. 1
  • noun flatted Textiles. one of a series of laths covered with card clothing, used in conjunction with the cylinder in carding. 1
  • noun flatted Photography. one or more negatives or positives in position to be reproduced. 1
  • noun flatted Printing. a device for holding a negative or positive flat for reproduction by photoengraving. 1
  • noun flatted Horticulture. a shallow, lidless box or tray used for rooting seeds and cuttings and for growing young plants. 1
  • noun flatted Simple past tense and past participle of flat. 1
  • noun flatted a similar box used for shipping and selling fruits and vegetables. 1
  • noun flatted Football. the area of the field immediately inside of or outside of an offensive end, close behind or at the line of scrimmage. 1
  • noun flatted flats, Informal. flat races between horses. Compare flat race. 1
  • verb with object flatted to make flat. 1
  • verb with object flatted Music. to lower (a pitch), especially one half step. 1
  • verb without object flatted to become flat. 1
  • adverb flatted in a flat position; horizontally; levelly. 1
  • adverb flatted in a flat manner; positively; absolutely. 1
  • adverb flatted completely; utterly: flat broke. 1
  • adverb flatted exactly; precisely: She ran around the track in two minutes flat. 1
  • adverb flatted Music. below the true pitch: to sing flat. 1
  • adverb flatted Finance. without interest. 1
  • idioms flatted fall flat, to fail to produce the desired effect; fail completely: His attempts at humor fell flat. 1
  • idioms flatted flat aft, Nautical. trimmed so that fore-and-aft sails present as flat a surface as possible, as in sailing close to the wind. 1
  • idioms flatted flat on one's back. back1 (def 47). 1
  • idioms flatted flat out, Informal. without hesitation; directly or openly: He told us flat out he'd been a double agent. at full speed or with maximum effort. 1
  • adjective flatted horizontally level: a flat roof. 1
  • adjective flatted level, even, or without unevenness of surface, as land or tabletops. 1
  • adjective flatted having a surface that is without marked projections or depressions: a broad, flat face. 1
  • adjective flatted lying horizontally and at full length, as a person; prostrate: He was flat on the canvas after the knockdown. 1
  • adjective flatted lying wholly on or against something: The banner was flat against the wall. 1
  • adjective flatted thrown down, laid low, or level with the ground, as fallen trees or buildings. 1
  • adjective flatted having a generally level shape or appearance; not deep or thick: a flat plate. 1
  • adjective flatted (of the heel of a shoe) low and broad. 1
  • adjective flatted spread out, as an unrolled map or the open hand. 1
  • adjective flatted deflated; collapsed: a flat tire. 1
  • adjective flatted absolute, downright, or positive; without qualification: a flat denial. 1
  • adjective flatted without modification or variation: a flat rate. 1
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