Flatiron
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
"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."
- 2 an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove wordnet
- 3 A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
- 4 a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side. especially
- 5 A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
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- 6 Ellipsis of flat iron steak. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 1 Having a flatiron shape. not-comparable
"a flatiron building"
- 1 A district of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
"On a recent Thursday, Vani Hari, perhaps Public Enemy No. 1 of big food companies, sat at ABC Kitchen in the Flatiron district wearing a purple sweater with a giant pink heart and pink heart-shaped crystal earrings."
Example
More examples"Layla straightened her hair with a flatiron."
Etymology
From flat + iron.
From flat + iron, see flatiron.
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