flatiron

/ˈflætˌaɪərn/
noun
  1. A triangular-shaped building, especially one with a narrow end at a street intersection.
    • Our office is in a flatiron that sits where two main streets meet.
    • Tourists often take photos of the flatiron building because of its unusual shape.
    • The Flatiron Building in New York City is one of the most famous skyscrapers in the world.
  2. A heavy iron with a flat bottom, heated and used for pressing clothes; an old-fashioned clothes iron.
    • The antique shop had a collection of old flatirons from the 1800s.
    • She picked up the flatiron and carefully pressed the wrinkles out of the linen shirt.
    • Before electric irons, people used a flatiron heated on a stove.
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