flatiron
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.37 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
a quadrilateral with two parallel sides, one of which is very short, and whose non-parallel sides are longer than either parallel side.
noun
A steeply sloping triangular landform created by the differential erosion of a steeply dipping, erosion-resistant layer of rock overlying softer strata.
noun
name
A district of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
Example Sentences
- "The evil-smelling larrikin, beer-imbued — The evil-loving brute-man homeward goes, He kicks his dirty children with his boot, Cursing their hunger, — and his poor worn wife With cold flat-irons and handled broom awaits His coming, to revile his drinking hard."
- "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"
- "On a recent Thursday, Vani Hari, perhaps Public Enemy No. 1 of big food companies, sat at ABC Kitchen in the Flatiron district wearing a purple sweater with a giant pink heart and pink heart-shaped crystal earrings."