flats

Musical note modifiers

Flats are shoes without elevated heels, worn for comfort or practicality: She changed from heels into flats for the walk home.

The word also refers to level expanses of land, especially wetlands: salt flats, mud flats, tidal flats.

In theater, flats are lightweight framed panels used as scenery.

In music, flats are notes lowered by a half step, or the symbol indicating this.

In British English, flats are apartments.

apartment

lease

Temporary use contract

  • tenantOne who rents property
  • landlordProperty owner renting out
  • rentPayment for temporary use

studio · duplex · high-rise · balcony · furnished · unfurnished · sublet · eviction · doorman · penthouse

terrain

marsh

Grassy waterlogged lowland

floodplain · delta · salt · sand · coastal · lowland · alluvial · sediment · plain · expanse

music

sharp

Fine-edged, or astute

  • naturalNot artificially produced
  • noteShort written record
  • keyLock-opening device

pitch · accidental · semitone · notation · double · sign · symbol · lower · chromatic · enharmonic

shoes

ballet

Classical dance on pointe

skimmer · espadrille · sandal · dolly · footwear · comfortable · suede · leather · canvas · dressy

theater

scenery

Visible natural surroundings

  • backdropRear stage scenery
  • setArrange in position
  • stageRaised performance platform

wings · prop · canvas · painted · scenic · studio · cutout · wing

racing

straight

Not curved or crooked

homestretch · circuit · grandstand · straightaway · course

Categories
Opposites
footwear heel height

flatsstilettos

Thin, high-heeled shoes

high heels · heels · pumps · platforms · wedges

terrain elevation

flatsmountains

Tall elevated landmasses

hills · peaks · highlands · elevations · ridges

musical pitch direction

flatssharps

Symbols raising pitch

naturals

Phrases
Family

flat, flatten, flatter, deflate, flattery, flatness, flatly, flattered, deflated

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G