Plain vs. Flat

Plainadjective

Flat, level.

Plainadjective

Simple.

Plainadjective

Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.

Plainadjective

Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

Plainadjective

Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.

Plainadjective

(of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.

Plainadjective

(computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text).

Plainadjective

Obvious.

Plainadjective

Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.

Plainadjective

Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).

Plainadjective

Open.

Plainadjective

Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.

Plainadjective

Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Plainadjective

Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.

Plainadverb

(colloquial) Simply

Plainnoun

A lamentation.

Plainnoun

An expanse of land with relatively low relief.

Plainnoun

A battlefield.

Plainnoun

(obsolete) A plane.

Plainverb

To complain.

Plainverb

To lament, bewail.

Plainverb

To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.

Plainverb

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Plainverb

To lament; to bewail; to complain.

Plainverb

To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.

Plainverb

To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.

Plainverb

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Plainadjective

Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.

Plainadjective

Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Plainadjective

Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.

Plainadjective

Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

Plainadverb

In a plain manner; plainly.

Plainnoun

Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.

Plainnoun

A field of battle.

Plainnoun

extensive tract of level open land;

Plainnoun

a basic knitting stitch

Plainverb

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

Plainadjective

clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;

Plainadjective

not elaborate or elaborated; simple;

Plainadjective

lacking patterns especially in color

Plainadjective

not mixed with extraneous elements;

Plainadjective

free from any effort to soften to disguise;

Plainadjective

lacking embellishment or ornamentation;

Plainadjective

lacking stylistic embellishment;

Plainadjective

comprehensible to the general public;

Plainadjective

lacking in physical beauty or proportion;

Plainadverb

unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly');

Plainadjective

not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character

Plainadjective

without a pattern; in only one colour

Plainadjective

(of paper) without lines.

Plainadjective

bearing no indication as to contents or affiliation

Plainadjective

having no pretensions; not remarkable or special

Plainadjective

(of a person) without a special title or status

Plainadjective

easy to perceive or understand; clear

Plainadjective

(of written or spoken usage) clearly expressed, without the use of technical or abstruse terms

Plainadjective

not using concealment or deception; frank

Plainadjective

(of a person) not beautiful or attractive

Plainadjective

sheer; simple (used for emphasis)

Plainadjective

denoting or relating to a type of knitting stitch produced by putting the needle through the front of each stitch from left to right.

Plainadverb

used for emphasis

Plainadverb

clearly or unequivocally

Plainnoun

a large area of flat land with few trees

Plainverb

mourn or lament.

Plainverb

complain.

Plainverb

emit a mournful or plaintive sound.

Plain

In geography, a plain is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and are primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and as plateaus or uplands.In a valley, a plain is enclosed on two sides, but in other cases a plain may be delineated by a complete or partial ring of hills, by mountains, or by cliffs.

Flatadjective

Having no variations in height.

Flatadjective

Without variations in pitch.

Flatadjective

(slang) Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.

Flatadjective

Lowered by one semitone.

Flatadjective

(music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

Flatadjective

(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

Flatadjective

Uninteresting.

Flatadjective

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.

Flatadjective

(wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.

Flatadjective

(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.

Flatadjective

Without spin; spinless.

Flatadjective

(figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.

Flatadjective

Absolute; downright; peremptory.

Flatadjective

sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant

Flatadjective

(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".

Flatadjective

Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.

Flatadjective

Flattening at the ends.

Flatadjective

Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.

Flatadverb

So as to be flat.

Flatadverb

Bluntly.

Flatadverb

Not exceeding.

Flatadverb

Completely.

Flatadverb

Directly; flatly.

Flatadverb

Without allowance for accrued interest.

Flatnoun

An area of level ground.

Flatnoun

(music) A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ sign placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).

Flatnoun

A flat tyre/tire.

Flatnoun

(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.

Flatnoun

(in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.

Flatnoun

(painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.

Flatnoun

The flat part of something:

Flatnoun

(swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.

Flatnoun

The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.

Flatnoun

A wide, shallow container.

Flatnoun

(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.

Flatnoun

(geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.

Flatnoun

A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.

Flatnoun

A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.

Flatnoun

A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.

Flatnoun

A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.

Flatnoun

(mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

Flatnoun

(obsolete) A dull fellow; a simpleton.

Flatnoun

(technical, theatre) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin that depicts a building or other part of a scene, also called backcloth and backdrop.

Flatnoun

An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.

Flatverb

(poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.

Flatverb

(intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

Flatverb

To fall from the pitch.

Flatverb

To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Flatverb

To make flat; to flatten; to level.

Flatverb

To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Flatadjective

Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

Flatadjective

Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.

Flatadjective

Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.

Flatadjective

Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.

Flatadjective

Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.

Flatadjective

Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

Flatadjective

Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.

Flatadjective

Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat.

Flatadjective

Sonant; vocal; - applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.

Flatadjective

Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft; - said of a club.

Flatadjective

Not having an inflectional ending or sign, 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. Many flat adverbs, as in run fast, buy cheap, are from AS. adverbs in -ë, the loss of this ending having made them like the adjectives. Some having forms in ly, such as exceeding, wonderful, true, are now archaic.

Flatadjective

Flattening at the ends; - said of certain fruits.

Flatadverb

In a flat manner; directly; flatly.

Flatadverb

Without allowance for accrued interest.

Flatnoun

A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats.

Flatnoun

A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand.

Flatnoun

Something broad and flat in form

Flatnoun

The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.

Flatnoun

A floor, loft, or story in a building;

Flatnoun

A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

Flatnoun

A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.

Flatnoun

A character [$] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.

Flatnoun

A homaloid space or extension.

Flatverb

To make flat; to flatten; to level.

Flatverb

To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Flatverb

To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Flatverb

To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.

Flatverb

To fall form the pitch.

Flatnoun

a level tract of land

Flatnoun

a shallow box in which seedlings are started

Flatnoun

a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

Flatnoun

freight car without permanent sides or roof

Flatnoun

a deflated pneumatic tire

Flatnoun

scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

Flatnoun

a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Flatadjective

having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another;

Flatadjective

having no depth or thickness

Flatadjective

not modified or restricted by reservations;

Flatadjective

stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;

Flatadjective

lacking contrast or shading between tones

Flatadjective

lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;

Flatadjective

flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

Flatadjective

lacking taste or flavor or tang;

Flatadjective

lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;

Flatadjective

having lost effervescence;

Flatadjective

not increasing as the amount taxed increases

Flatadjective

not made with leavening;

Flatadjective

parallel to the ground;

Flatadjective

without pleats

Flatadjective

lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth;

Flatadjective

(of a tire) completely or partially deflated

Flatadjective

not reflecting light; not glossy;

Flatadjective

lacking variety in shading;

Flatadverb

at full length;

Flatadverb

with flat sails;

Flatadverb

below the proper pitch;

Flatadverb

against a flat surface;

Flatadverb

in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly;

Flatadverb

wholly or completely;

Flatadjective

having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations

Flatadjective

(of land) without hills

Flatadjective

(of an expanse of water) calm and without waves.

Flatadjective

not sloping

Flatadjective

having a broad level surface but little height or depth; shallow

Flatadjective

(of shoes) without heels or with very low heels.

Flatadjective

lacking emotion; dull and lifeless

Flatadjective

(of a person) without energy or enthusiasm

Flatadjective

(of trade, prices, etc.) not showing much activity; sluggish

Flatadjective

(of a colour) uniform

Flatadjective

(of a photograph or negative) lacking contrast.

Flatadjective

(of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence

Flatadjective

(of something kept inflated, especially a tyre) having lost some or all of its air, typically because of a puncture.

Flatadjective

(of a battery) having exhausted its charge.

Flatadjective

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

Flatadjective

(of a denial, contradiction, or refusal) completely definite and firm; absolute

Flatadjective

(of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.

Flatadjective

(of a key) having a flat or flats in the signature.

Flatadjective

(of a note) a semitone lower than a specified note

Flatadjective

relating to flat racing

Flatadverb

in or to a horizontal position

Flatadverb

lying in close juxtaposition, especially against another surface

Flatadverb

so as to become smooth and even

Flatadverb

completely; absolutely

Flatadverb

used with an expression of time to emphasize how quickly something can be done or has been done

Flatadverb

below the true or normal pitch of musical sound

Flatnoun

the flat part of something

Flatnoun

an area of low level ground, especially near water

Flatnoun

a shallow container in which seedlings are grown and sold.

Flatnoun

a shoe with a very low heel or no heel

Flatnoun

a railway wagon with a flat floor and no sides or roof; a flatcar.

Flatnoun

an upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame.

Flatnoun

a flat tyre

Flatnoun

flat racing.

Flatnoun

a musical note lowered a semitone below natural pitch.

Flatnoun

the sign ♭, indicating a flat.

Flatnoun

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

Flatverb

lower (a note) by a semitone

Flatverb

make flat; flatten

Flatverb

live in or share a flat