flatiron

Meaning

Noun

1. A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
2. A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
3. (especially) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
4. A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of flat iron steak.

Adj

Having a flatiron shape.

Synonyms

iron

mesa

smoothing iron

soldering bit

brand iron

clothes iron

band iron

soldering hammer

solder iron

searingiron

Translations

plancha

fer à repasser

Bügeleisen

σίδερο

chevron

ferro da stiro

strijkijzer

sinal circunflexo

hierro

المكواة

chevron

مكواة

Etymology

From flat + iron.