Associations to the word «Flatiron»

Wiktionary

FLATIRON, noun. A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove
FLATIRON, noun. (especially referring to the shape of a building) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
FLATIRON, noun. (geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
FLATIRON, adjective. Having a flatiron shape.

Dictionary definition

FLATIRON, noun. An iron that was heated by placing it on a stove.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats