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Webster 1913 Edition

Ironing

I′ron-ing

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Noun.

1.

The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.

2.

The clothes ironed.

Ironing board

,

a flat board, upon which clothes are laid while being ironed.

Definition 2024

ironing

ironing

English

Verb

ironing

present participle of iron

Noun

ironing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural ironings)

The act of pressing clothes with an iron.
I hate ironing.
Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed.
I really should make a start on the ironing soon.
Laundry that has recently been ironed.
I really should put the ironing away.

Derived terms

Derived terms

ironing machine
ironing room

Related terms

iron

Translations

act of pressing clothes with an iron

Chinese:
Mandarin: 熨燙, 熨烫 ‎(yùntàng)
Dutch: strijken (nl) n
Finnish: silitys (fi), silittäminen (fi)
French: repassage (fr) m
German: Bügeln (de) n
Greek: σιδέρωμα (el) n ‎(sidéroma)
Hungarian: vasalás (hu)
Italian: lo stirare (it) m

Japanese: アイロン掛け ‎(アイロンがけ, airongake)
Korean: 다리미질 (ko) ‎(darimijil), 다림질 (ko) ‎(darimjil)
Macedonian: пеглање n ‎(péglanje)
Norman: féthage m
Polish: prasowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: passagem a ferro f
Russian: гла́женье (ru) n ‎(gláženʹje), гла́жка (ru) f ‎(glážka), утю́жка (ru) f ‎(utjúžka)
Spanish: acción de planchar (es)
Swedish: strykning c
Telugu: ఇస్తిరి (te) ‎(istiri)

laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed

Dutch: strijkgoed (nl) n
French: vêtements à repasser m pl
German: Bügelwäsche (de) f

Italian: vestiti da stirare m pl
Russian: бельё для гла́жки n ‎(belʹjó dlja glážki)
Swedish: stryktvätt c

laundry that has recently been ironed

Dutch: strijkgoed (nl) n
French: vêtements repassés m pl
German: Bügelwäsche (de) f

Italian: vestiti stirati m pl
Russian: вы́глаженное бельё n ‎(výglažennoje belʹjó)
Swedish: strykt (sv) tvätt (sv) c