The difference between Cratered and Flat
When used as adjectives, cratered means marked by craters, whereas flat means having no variations in height.
Flat is also noun with the meaning: an area of level ground.
Flat is also adverb with the meaning: so as to be flat.
Flat is also verb with the meaning: to make a flat call.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cratered and Flat
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Cratered as a verb:
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Cratered as an adjective:
Marked by craters
Examples:
"The planet had a cratered surface."
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Flat as an adjective:
Having no variations in height.
Examples:
"The land around here is flat."
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Flat as an adjective (music, voice):
Without variations in pitch.
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Flat as an adjective (slang):
Describing certain features, usually the breasts and/or buttocks, that are extremely small or not visible at all.
Examples:
"That girl is completely flat on both sides."
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Flat as an adjective (music, note):
Lowered by one semitone.
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Flat as an adjective (music):
Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
Examples:
"Your A string is too flat."
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Flat as an adjective (of a tire or other inflated object):
Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
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Flat as an adjective:
Uninteresting.
Examples:
"The party was a bit flat."
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Flat as an adjective:
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.
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Flat as an adjective (wine):
Lacking acidity without being sweet.
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Flat as an adjective (of a battery):
Unable to emit power; dead.
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Flat as an adjective (juggling, of a throw):
Without spin; spinless.
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Flat as an adjective (figurative):
Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; dull and boring.
Examples:
"The market is flat."
"The dialogue in your screenplay is flat -- you need to make it more exciting."
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Flat as an adjective:
Absolute; downright; peremptory.
Examples:
"His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results."
"I'm not going to the party and that's flat."
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Flat as an adjective (phonetics, dated, of a [[consonant]]):
sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant
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Flat as an adjective (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".
Examples:
"Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English."
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Flat as an adjective (golf, of a [[golf club]]):
Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
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Flat as an adjective (horticulture, of certain [[fruit]]s):
Flattening at the ends.
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Flat as an adjective (authorship, figuratively, esp. of a character):
Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
Examples:
"ant round"
"The author created the site to [[flesh out]] the books' flatter characters, who were actually quite well developed in her own mind."
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Flat as an adverb:
So as to be flat.
Examples:
"Spread the tablecloth flat over the table."
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Flat as an adverb:
Bluntly.
Examples:
"I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat."
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Flat as an adverb:
Not exceeding.
Examples:
"He can run a mile in four minutes flat."
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Flat as an adverb:
Completely.
Examples:
"I am flat broke this month."
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Flat as an adverb:
Directly; flatly.
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Flat as an adverb (finance, slang):
Without allowance for accrued interest.
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Flat as a noun:
An area of level ground.
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Flat as a noun (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. ♭♪).
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Flat as a noun (informal, automotive):
A flat tyre/tire.
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Flat as a noun (in the plural):
A type of ladies' shoes with very low heels.
Examples:
"She liked to walk in her flats more than in her high heels."
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Flat as a noun (in the plural):
A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
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Flat as a noun (painting):
A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolor/watercolour painting.
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Flat as a noun (swordfighting):
The flat part of something: The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge. The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
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Flat as a noun:
A wide, shallow container.
Examples:
"a flat of strawberries"
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Flat as a noun (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.
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Flat as a noun (geometry):
A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
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Flat as a noun:
A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
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Flat as a noun:
A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
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Flat as a noun (rail, US):
A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
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Flat as a noun:
A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
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Flat as a noun (mining):
A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
Examples:
"rfquotek Raymond"
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Flat as a noun (obsolete):
A dull fellow; a simpleton.
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Flat as a noun (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.
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Flat as a verb (poker slang):
To make a flat call; to call without raising.
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Flat as a verb (intransitive):
To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir W. Temple"
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Flat as a verb (intransitive, music, colloquial):
To fall from the pitch.
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Flat as a verb (transitive, music):
To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
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Flat as a verb (transitive, dated):
To make flat; to flatten; to level.
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Flat as a verb (transitive, dated):
To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.
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Flat as a noun (chiefly, British, New England, New Zealand, and, Australian, archaic, _, elsewhere):
An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
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