flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous
(adjective) sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; “the owl’s faint monotonous hooting”
monotonic, monotone
(adjective) of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
monotone, drone, droning
(noun) an unchanging intonation
monotone
(noun) a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monotone (comparative more monotone, superlative most monotone)
(of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.
(mathematics) Being, or having the salient properties of, a monotone function.
The function is monotone on , while is not.
monotone (countable and uncountable, plural monotones)
A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.
A piece of writing in one strain throughout.
monotone (third-person singular simple present monotones, present participle monotoning, simple past and past participle monotoned)
(ambitransitive) To speak in a monotone.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*tone, n. Etym: [See Monotonous, Monotony.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A single unvaried tone or sound.
2. (Rhet.)
Definition: The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.