flatiron
/ˈflætˌaɪərn/
noun
- 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.
- 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.