# ironing

Pronunciation: US say "EYE-urn-ing" /ˈaɪ(ə)ɹnɪŋ/; UK say "EYE-uhn-ing" /ˈaɪənɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The task of pressing clothes smooth with a heated iron, such as a steam iron.
   - Simple: The job of pressing clothes flat and smooth with a hot iron.
   - _After folding the laundry, she settled down to the ironing._
   - _He left a week's worth of ironing for the weekend._
3. Washed laundry that is clean and ready to be pressed with an iron.
   - Simple: Clean clothes that have been washed and are waiting to be pressed.
   - _Every Monday a fresh load of ironing waits to be pressed._
   - _She carried the damp ironing through to the back room._
4. Laundry that has recently been pressed smooth and is fresh from the iron.
   - Simple: Clothes that have just been pressed smooth with a hot iron.
   - _He stacked the newly pressed ironing on the shelf while it was still warm._
   - _A neat pile of finished ironing waited to be put away._

## Verb

2. Present participle of iron. — present participle and gerund of iron
   - Simple: Present participle of iron. Use this -ing form when the action is happening right now.
   - _He was ironing his uniform when the phone rang._
   - _They spent the evening ironing piles of bedsheets._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ironing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).