flatiron

Etymology

flat + iron

noun

1. A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
2. A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
3. (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.
4. (geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
5. Ellipsis of flat iron steak.

adj

1. Having a flatiron shape.
   a flatiron building
   The street down which Warwick had come intersected Front Street at a sharp angle in front of the old hotel, forming a sort of flatiron block at the junction, known as Liberty Point 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars