Flatiron

Quick meaning: Flatiron is a noun meaning A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.

Meaning

A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.

More Meanings

1. A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
2. Ellipsis of flat iron steak.
3. Having a flatiron shape.
4. (especially referring to the shape of a building) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
5. (geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.

Example Sentences

a flatiron building

The street down which Warwick had come intersected Front Street at a sharp angle in front of the old hotel, forming a sort of flatiron block at the junction, known as Liberty Point

The evil-smelling larrikin, beer-imbued — The evil-loving brute-man homeward goes, He kicks his dirty children with his boot, Cursing their hunger, — and his poor worn wife With cold flat-irons and handled broom awaits His coming, to revile his drinking hard.

Word Forms

• flatirons
• flat iron
• flat-iron

Synonyms for flatiron

Depending on context, synonyms include straightener.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flat iron, steel, iron, ironing board, ironer, clothes press.

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