flatiron

English

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• flat iron

Noun

Wikipedia flatiron (plural flatirons)

1. A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove
2. (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.

Adjective

flatiron (not comparable)

1. Having a flatiron shape

   a flatiron building

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     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

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