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ironing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | garment, household linen, white goods |
| Has types | flat wash, flatwork |
| Derivation | iron |
there was a basketful of ironing to do.
ironing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | work |
| Derivation | iron |
Examples of ironing
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Gotta go, ironing my Apron and preparing my Rotary mid-spring Santa Scannappeal.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
Table linens that are made from untreated cotton and linen will require ironing.
From the thestate.com
Be warned you won't get much ironing achieved on the single-dot setting, though.
From the independent.co.uk
Right now, the database has a few kinks, and ironing them out will not be easy.
From the businessweek.com
Yuhan also had Superpell, a popular floor cleaner, and Trika, an ironing spray.
From the businessweek.com
Milly ironing her jeans, Milly among flowers, Milly laughing and larking about.
From the mirror.co.uk
This bird lived in a cage that stood for years beside our mother's ironing board.
From the chron.com
Along with cleaning house and washing and ironing and cooking, Ruby's job was me.
From the theatlantic.com
Ironing was a little harder, but it's not difficult to do your own knit shirts.
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- Garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
- The work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
- (ironed) (of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron
- Ironing is the use of a heated tool (an iron) to remove wrinkles from fabric. The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 180u2013220 u00B0Celsius, depending on the fabric. Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibers of the material...
- In metalworking, specifically in the process of sheet metal forming, ironing refers to the process of uniformly thinning the workpiece in a specific area. ...
- The act of pressing clothes with an iron; Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed; Laundry that has recently been ironed
- To dream of ironing, denotes domestic comforts and orderly business. If a woman dreams that she burns her hands while ironing, it foretells she will have illness or jealousy to disturb her peace. ...
- Moving a hot iron while it has contact with fabric. Often ironing can stretch and distort fabrics and seams. A better alternative is to press, where you just lay the hot iron down and lift straight up from the fabric.
- Forming between dies whose side wall clearance is less than the sheet metal thickness, such that a thinning action occurs. ...
