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US
/ˈaɪɝnɪŋ, ˈaɪɹnɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ˈaɪənɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ˈaɪənɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
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garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed
there was a basketful of ironing to do
How To Use ironing In A Sentence
- Just because the clothes are less formal, that doesn't mean you skip regular clothing maintenance like ironing and washing.
- A wooden tank may be rendered capable of withstanding the effects of nitric or sulphuric acids by the following methods: -- Cover the inside with paraffin; go over the inside with a sadiron heated to the temperature used in ironing clothes. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
- They also said their mothers still did their washing and ironing. The Sun
- It is present in older vinyl floor coverings and mats for stoves and ironing boards.
- I also decided today that I am not flat-ironing my hair for the next two weeks.
- Often when I am out working at the weekend they will do the ironing and washing. Times, Sunday Times
- The policy covers 80 per cent of costs such as childcare, housekeeping, cooking, ironing and transport after the first 30 days.
- Bachelor life also presented various pitfalls such as having to contend with laundries that insisted on ironing his socks.
- I had a notebook dedicated to ironing out the details of my postmarital name change. I know i am, but what are you?
- She took pride in doing whatever she could manage with her arthritic hands— drying dishes, ironing. Haven
