1. lowered in pitch by a semitone
Usage: music

1. past tense of flat; made flat or flatter
2. past tense of flat; lowered in pitch by a semitone
Usage: music

Examples

• The pianist played a flatted seventh chord.
• She flatted the note accidentally during her performance.
• The composer wrote a flatted fifth in the melody.
• He flatted the tire when he ran over the nail.
• The metal was flatted by the heavy press.
• The singer flatted several notes in the chorus.