Meaning of Flatiron | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“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.”

“On a recent Thursday, Vani Hari, perhaps Public Enemy No. 1 of big food companies, sat at ABC Kitchen in the Flatiron district wearing a purple sweater with a giant pink heart and pink heart-shaped crystal earrings.”

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