flatiron
noun, adjective
flatiron is a noun meaning “A simple iron (for pressing laundry) which is heated on a stove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-A-T-I-R-O-N, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of flatiron is flatirons.
What does flatiron mean?
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
a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
- 4
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.
adjective
- 1
Having a flatiron shape.
a flatiron building
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce flatiron?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-flatiron.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of flatiron
- flatirons plural
- flat iron
- flat-iron
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is flatiron?
Flatiron appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with flatiron
Also written: flat-iron (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does flatiron come from?
From flat + iron.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).