flatiron

flatiron
1. noun
a) A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove
b) a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
Having a flatiron shape

a flatiron building


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