ironing

[US]/'aiəniŋ/
[UK]/ˈaɪənɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pressing clothes with a heated iron; smoothing out wrinkles in clothes.

Phrases & Collocations

ironing board

steam iron

ironing spray

ironing temperature

ironing tips

ironing machine

ironing table

Example Sentences

scorch a shirt in ironing it

Ironing shirts is a hateful job.

She's been ironing all afternoon.

Who does the ironing in your house?

the ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom.

to dampen clothes before ironing them

He's getting through the ironing at a rate of knots.

You should damp clothes before ironing them.

Cooking, cleaning and ironing seven days a week.

a suitcase that folds out to become a display table; folded the ironing board down from the wall.

Cooking, cleaning and ironing seven days a week.What a life!

I don’t mind cooking dinner for you occasionally, but I draw the line at ironing your shirts!

Our factory mainly processes various cotton and chemical fabrics including the dyeing, ironing and shaping, teaseling and frizzing.

The imported full set of world top BRISAY trimming &ironing equipment has brought unusual air and excellent style to Natsun. Staightness and morbidezza are finalized here.

Real-world Examples

Now it's time to do the ironing and the finishing.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

Just start ironing out the creases.

Source: Emma's delicious English

So if you're not sure he's back for good, why are you ironing his shirts?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 1

We need to straighten out the wrinkles by ironing.

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

Those kids, she said, not looking up from her ironing.

Source: The Little House on Mango Street

Now, we've done the washing and the ringing Now it's time to do the ironing and the finishing.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

Well, it was the end of the party. You were probably ironing wrapping paper.

Source: Friends Season 9

After that, I made a bench press out of an ironing board and some boxes.

Source: Diary of a Little Kid 1: Haunted House Ideas

Ay, he was up at 5: 00 in the morning, ironing.

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

Like for example, washing dishes, ironing clothes, mowing the lawn, things like that.

Source: American English dialogue

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