Noun
A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
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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.
A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
Usage- especially
- referring to the shape of a building
A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
Adjective
Having a flatiron shape.
Usage- not-comparable
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a flatiron building
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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
Noun
an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove
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