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ironing

verbnounattested in dialogue

  • United States

The act of pressing clothes with an iron, such as a steam iron.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of ironpresent participle and gerund of iron

noun

  1. 1

    The act of pressing clothes with an iron, such as a steam iron.

    I hate ironing.

  2. 2

    Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed.

    I really should make a start on the ironing soon.

  3. 3

    Laundry that has recently been ironed.

    I really should put the ironing away.

Forms

plural
ironings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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