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ironing

[ ahy-er-ning ]

noun

  1. the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
  2. articles of clothing or the like that have been or are to be ironed.


ironing

/ ˈaɪənɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of ironing washed clothes
  2. clothes that are to be or that have been ironed


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ironing1

First recorded in 1700–10; iron + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Like so many other young adult males, 24-year-old New Yorker Mac Bishop does not enjoy ironing his dress shirts.

The view from Court Two at the Tennis Club de Paris was of ironing boards and models dressing for the Céline show on Sunday.

She also mentioned that they had used their ironing board as a table.

Their first dining-room table was a fold-down ironing board in the kitchen.

I can still see her standing for endless hours at the ironing board steaming and reading simultaneously (and smoking).

When dry, iron it on the wrong side, having laid a linen cloth over the ironing-blanket.

Came Chicago and the technicalities of ironing out the final details of the contract.

She did the washing and ironing herself, the portiere assisting her in the rest of the household work.

Now, as you and Marina sat that evening, folding the ironing, what did you discuss?

So we started just as we were; my wrapping, I remember, was an old ironing blanket, with a large hole burnt in the middle.

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