nnoun.artifactgarments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironedExamples:- there was a basketful of ironing to do
Derivationally Related Form:iron
Hypernyms:garment household linen white goods
Inherited Hypernyms:ironinggarmentclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:ironinggarmentclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:ironingwhite goodsdrygoodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:flat washflatwork
nnoun.actthe work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinklesDerivationally Related Form:iron
Hypernyms:work
Inherited Hypernyms:ironingworkactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.contactpress and smooth with a heated ironSynset:iron iron out press
Examples:- press your shirts
- she stood there ironing
Derivationally Related Form:ironingiron
Hypernyms:press
Inherited Hypernyms:ironpressflattenchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:mangle
Entailment:heat up heat
Full Troponyms:mangle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the cape (apply to: iron out, iron)