Word Study
ironing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ironing has 2 senses
- ironing(n = noun.artifact) Array - garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do" has particulars: flat wash, flatwork
- ironing(n = noun.act) Array - the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles; Array is a kind of work
is a kind of garment, household linen, white goods
Derived form verb iron1
Derived form verb iron1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ironing, n.
- The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons. [1913 Webster]
- The clothes ironed. [1913 Webster]
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