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plural flatirons
A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove. examples
A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair. examples
(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. examples
(geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
Ellipsis of flat iron steak. examples
not comparable
Having a flatiron shape. quotations examples
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