ironing

EYE-urn-ing/ˈaɪ(ə)ɹnɪŋ/UKEYE-uhn-ing/ˈaɪənɪŋ/

4 meanings of ironing

1
noununcountable
The job of pressing clothes flat and smooth with a hot iron.
Like smoothing the wrinkles out of a crumpled piece of paper.
She spends Sunday mornings doing the ironing.
The ironing took her almost an hour to finish.
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2
verb
Present participle of iron. Use this -ing form when the action is happening right now.
She is ironing her shirt for the interview.
He keeps ironing the same crease over and over.
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3
noununcountable
Clean clothes that have been washed and are waiting to be pressed.
A basket of ironing sat by the door, waiting to be pressed.
The ironing had piled up all week because nobody had pressed it.
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noununcountable
Clothes that have just been pressed smooth with a hot iron.
She hung the warm ironing in the closet, fresh from the press.
The clean ironing smelled of warm cotton.
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ironing is a form of iron

iron, verb: To make clothes flat and smooth using a hot iron. Full entry

Forms: ironirons he/she/itironing -ing formironed past tense, past participle
Spelling: iron → ironing: add -ing

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