flatiron
(noun) an iron that was heated by placing it on a stove
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flatiron (plural flatirons)
A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove.
A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
(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.
(geomorphology) A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
Ellipsis of flat iron steak.
• (tool for hair): straightener
flatiron (not comparable)
Having a flatiron shape.
• inflator
Source: Wiktionary
Flat"i`ron, n.
Definition: An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
