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flat iron

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meanings of flatand iron


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flat
adjective
uk /flæt/ us /flæt/
level and smooth, with no curved, high, or ...
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iron
noun
uk /aɪən/ us /aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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Examples of flat iron


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If one does not use an electric iron, one has to use a flatiron—if one is obtainable.
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The flatiron surface goes on to the road, and the ordinary macadam road is not damaged at all.
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The noise may turn out to be due to the fact that the lady next door is using a flatiron.
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I happen to be one who on occasions has used a flatiron—not for lethal purposes.
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I shall not argue at any great length the case for the exemption of the flatiron.
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As he pointed out, the smoothing iron is referred to in ordinary working-class homes as a flatiron.
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In homes without electricity or gas, people must depend on what is known as a flatiron.
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There is the case of the use of the flatiron or wireless belonging to one person by another person—a servant or an individual in the house, etc.
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Ironing would have been done with a metal flatiron, often heated in the fireplace, and various other devices.
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It is also known as a clothes iron, flatiron, or smoothing iron.
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Flatiron steaks usually have a significant amount of marbling.
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The flatiron steak lies above it, and is distinct from this steak, as it is formed from different muscles: teres minor and infraspinatus.
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The roofs of these pavilions were doubly curved gridshells formed entirely of a lattice of straight angle-iron and flatiron bars.
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Restaurants, particularly upscale, have recently begun serving flatiron steaks on their menus.
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The tomb contained the remains of an elite status woman accompanied by an adult male and a child; the woman had a large flatiron ore mirror on her chest.
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The meaning of the weasel is unclear but the two most likely definitions are: a flatiron used for finishing clothing; or rhyming slang for a coat ("weasel and stoat").
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Traditionally, it is made by spreading a handful of the flour evenly in a baking ring on a flatiron or griddle on the open fire.
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People cannot get flat irons today and so are compelled to use electric and gas irons.
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Surely we have gone beyond the point where taxation must be borne by people's flat irons.
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