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flatiron

flatiron

3 8.0
A heavy metal tool with a flat bottom heated on a stove to press clothes
  • noun
  • /ˈflætˌaɪərn/
  • Archaic
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  • Coolway scientists created a heat-styling system that achieves the same silky, smooth results as a regular flatiron, without going over 299 degrees or causing nearly as much damage.
  • flatiron steak

Examples

  • You can take your makeup on the road, but chances are your flatiron is staying at home.

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  • She hit me with a red-hot flatiron.

    This Gun for Hire (1942)

  • Everyone knows flatirons will do damage to hair over time as they hit 450 degrees while styling your hair.

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  • Before the invention of electric irons, people used a heated flatiron to press their clothes.

  • The woman carefully pressed her dress with a flatiron to remove all the wrinkles.

  • He placed the flatiron on the stove to heat it up for ironing his shirt.

Synonyms

iron
vsflatiron
70 1.0

A metal tool with a flat hot base for removing wrinkles from clothes

is a specific older heavy type heated on a stove before electric models
electric iron
vsflatiron
1 1.1

A small machine with a flat hot metal base used to press clothes and remove wrinkles

is the older stove-heated heavy device used before plug-in models
smoothing iron
vsflatiron
3.0

A tool with a flat hot metal base that removes creases from clothes

is the traditional heavy model heated on a stove rather than electrically

Surface Forms

flatiron singular
flatirons plural

Morphology

flatiron = flat + iron (transparent) = flat + iron

A straightforward compound: 'flat' + 'iron' describes an iron with a flat base, so the meaning is directly recoverable from its parts.

Etymology

Flatiron comes from flat and iron, literally a 'flat metal' iron that people heated on a stove to smooth clothes. That's why flatiron means the old heavy iron used to press clothes.