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flatiron en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From flat + iron.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having a flatiron shape.
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
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
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Deriveds
flatiron steak
flatiron en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From flat + iron.
Meanings
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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.
1881 December 3, Sydney Punch, page 8, column 2:
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A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
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(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.
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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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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of flat iron steak.
Forms
Synonyms
straightener (tool for hair)