flat iron
noun
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: a device used for straightening hair by pressing and pulling sections between two heated metal or ceramic, flat, rectangular plates
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The hair stylist could no longer use a flat iron on my hair because steam was fizzing off the iron.
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Harriette Cole, Flow Space, 3 June 2025
To seal in the treatment, flat iron each section—passing over strands two to four times.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
The flat iron is two inches wide and features a floating plate, so every inch of your hair is flattened and silky.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
The plates on the flat iron that press frizz out of my hair no longer lie flat; the motor on my black household fan, which shuts off after a few minutes; the iPhone whose battery depletes itself in an instant.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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Harriette Cole, Flow Space, 3 June 2025
To seal in the treatment, flat iron each section—passing over strands two to four times.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
The flat iron is two inches wide and features a floating plate, so every inch of your hair is flattened and silky.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
The plates on the flat iron that press frizz out of my hair no longer lie flat; the motor on my black household fan, which shuts off after a few minutes; the iPhone whose battery depletes itself in an instant.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Flat iron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flat%20iron. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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