əˈpɑːt.mənt əˈpɑɹt.mənt ˌkætəˈɡɔɹɪk(ə)l kəmˈpɹɛst dɪˈɹɛk(t)li

ˈfleɪvɚləs ˈfleɪvələs ɪnˈsɪp.ɪd ˈlɛv.əl mæt ˈmɒ.nə.təʊn ˈmɑː.nə.toʊn ˌmɒnəˈtɒnɪk ˌmɑnəˈtɑnɪk məˈnɑtənəs məˈnɒtənəs ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt ˈpɹɑstɹeɪt stɹeɪt ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃənəl ˈvæp.ɪd commercially inactive flat sales for the month prices remained flat a flat market in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly he didn't answer directly told me straight out came out flat for less work and more pay not reflecting light; not glossy flat wall paint a photograph with a matte finish with flat sails sail flat against the wind having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness flat computer monitors lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth a film with two-dimensional characters a flat two-dimensional painting having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another a flat desk acres of level farmland a plane surface skirts sewn with fine flat seams lacking contrast or shading between tones horizontally level a flat roof stretched out and lying at full length along the ground found himself lying flat on the floor sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch the owl's faint monotonous hooting (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone B flat not modified or restricted by reservations a categorical denial a flat refusal having lost effervescence flat beer a flat cola lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting a bland little drama a flat joke lacking taste or flavor or tang a bland diet insipid hospital food flavorless supermarket tomatoes vapid beer vapid tea flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting a deflated pneumatic tire a shallow box in which seedlings are started freight car without permanent sides or roof a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named a level tract of land the salt flats of Utah