Ironing
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noun.
The act or process of pressing clothes with a heated iron.
noun.
The clothing pressed or to be pressed with a heated iron.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In
metallurgy
, the adherence of imperfectly fused masses of iron to the twyers.
noun.
In
laundry-work:
The act of smoothing with hot irons.
noun.
The clothes so smoothed.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.
noun.
The clothes ironed.
noun.
a flat board, upon which clothes are laid while being ironed.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
Present participle of
iron
.
noun.
The act of
pressing
clothes
with an iron.
noun.
Laundry
that has been
washed
and is ready to be ironed.
noun.
Laundry that has recently been ironed.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed
noun.
the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
Word Usage
"Regarding the last sentence of the post, and to quote Bart Simpson, “the ironing is delicious”."
Etymologically Related
iron
Form
extreme ironing
ironing board
ironing machine
ironing room
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
work
verb-stem
iron