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[ ahy-er-ning ] / ˈaɪ ər nɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ironing ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron. articles of clothing or the like that have been or are to be ironed. Origin of ironingFirst recorded in 1700–10; iron + -ing1 Words nearby ironingiron-hearted, iron horse, ironic, ironical, ironically, ironing, ironing board, ironist, ironize, iron-jawed, iron law of wages Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ironingThe view from Court Two at the Tennis Club de Paris was of ironing boards and models dressing for the Céline show on Sunday. Céline Gets Cozy for Fall|Liza Foreman|March 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST She also mentioned that they had used their ironing board as a table. Best Lines From the GOP Convention: Christie, McCain & More (Videos)|Caitlin Dickson, Laura Colarusso|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST I can still see her standing for endless hours at the ironing board steaming and reading simultaneously (and smoking). You Should Meet My Mother|The Daily Beast|May 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST On Tuesday morning it is also well to get an early start in order to make a good beginning on the ironing. The Expert Maid-Servant|Cristine Terhune Herrick
You have done a very serious thing; you have imperiled the safety of the ship and laid yourself liable to arrest and ironing. The Iron Boys on the Ore Boats|James R. Mears Tell them you want a good one, who understands washing and ironing and all about cooking. Fred Fearnot's New Ranch|Hal Standish Another had slipped from her neck and was hanging on the corner of the ironing board. Barbara Blomberg, Complete|Georg Ebers It was her pleasure to take a moment between batches of ironing to enjoy the street and take pride in her own stretch of sidewalk.
British Dictionary definitions for ironing
nounthe act of ironing washed clothes clothes that are to be or that have been ironed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ironingsewing, housekeeping, express, hold, squeeze, flatten, management, washing, cooking, administration, sweeping, laundering, stewardship, homemaking, mopping, even, appease, alleviate, level, suppress |