Flatiron
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Flatiron or flat iron can mean several things:
- An old term for a clothes ironIron (appliance)A clothes iron, also referred to as simply an iron, is a small appliance used in ironing to remove wrinkles from fabric.Ironing works by loosening the ties between the long chains of molecules that exist in polymer fiber materials. With the heat and the weight of the ironing plate, the fibers are...
- A wedge-shaped building:
- The Flatiron BuildingFlatiron BuildingThe Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building, as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, New York City and is considered to be a groundbreaking skyscraper. Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in the city and the only skyscraper...
in New York City, for which the surrounding Flatiron District is named - Flatiron Building (disambiguation)Flatiron Building (disambiguation)The Flatiron Building is a skyscraper in New York City, finished in 1902.Flatiron Building may also refer to:*Flatiron Building , 1925*Flatiron Building , 1897*Flatiron Building , 1908...
, numerous other wedge-shaped buildings
- The Flatiron Building
- Flatiron (geomorphology)Flatiron (geomorphology)A flatiron in geomorphology is a steeply sloping wedge-shaped landscape feature created by differential erosion of a resistant rock layer which is inclined in the same direction as, but at a steeper angle than the exposed mountain slope. Flatirons are associated with hogback ridges...
, a steeply sloping wedge shaped landscape feature- The FlatironsFlatironsThe Flatirons are rock formations near Boulder, Colorado consisting of flatirons. There are five large, numbered Flatirons ranging from north to south along the east slope of Green Mountain, and the term "The Flatirons" sometimes refers to these five alone...
, rock formations near Boulder, Colorado - FlatironFlatiron (volcano)The Flatiron is the name for an eroded volcanic outcrop in east-central British Columbia, Canada, located in Wells Gray Provincial Park.The Flatiron is high, long and generally about wide...
, a volcano in Wells Gray Park, British Columbia, Canada
- The Flatirons
- Flat Iron, IndianaFlat Iron, IndianaFlat Iron is a small, unincorporated community in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States.-Geography:Flat Iron is located at . State Road 32, County Road 100W and County Road 1150N come together at this point to enclose a triangular, iron-shaped area of flat ground, giving...
, a small community in Vermillion County - Flatiron (ship type), a type of British coastal trading vesselCoastal trading vesselCoastal trading vessels, also known as coasters, are shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent. Their shallow hulls mean that they can get through reefs where deeper-hulled sea-going ships usually cannot....
that carried coal up the River Thames - Flat-iron gunboatFlat-iron gunboatFlat-iron gunboats were a number of classes of coastal gunboats generally characterised by small size, low freeboard and the absence of masts.Some Rendel-type gunboats were fitted with masts ; they are included in the article for...
, a 19th century iron gunboat typified by a single large gun fitted in the bow. - Flat iron steakFlat iron steakFlat iron steak is the American name for the cut known as "butlers' steak" in the UK and "oyster blade steak" in Australia and New Zealand. This cut of steak is from the shoulder of a beef animal. The steak encompasses the infraspinatus muscles of beef, and one may see this displayed in some...
, a cut of beef - Flatirons Community ChurchFlatirons Community ChurchFlatirons Community Church is a large non-denominational church in Lafayette, Colorado, a northern suburb of Denver, Colorado, USA.The church was launched in 1997 and grew fast, with 200 members by 1999 and 1,700 members in 2002....
, a large non-denominational church in Lafayette, Colorado - Another term for a hair ironHair ironA hair iron or hair tong is a tool used to change the structure of the hair using heat. There are three general kinds: curling irons, used to make the hair curly, straightening irons, commonly called straighteners or flat irons, used to straighten the hair, and crimping irons, used to create crimps...