flatiron

Plural: flatirons

Noun

• A heavy iron, often heated, used for pressing clothes.
• an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove
• A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
• 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.
• 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.

Adj

• Having a flatiron shape.

Examples

• Trying to smooth out his Scrabble strategy, he felt like he needed a FLATIRON for his brain.

Synonyms

straightener