Definitions for ironing

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ironing i·ron·ing

Spelling: [ahy-er-ning]

IPA: /ˈaɪ ər nɪŋ/

Ironing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in ironing (giinnor).

Definitions for ironing

noun

1. the act or process of smoothing or pressing clothes, linens, etc., with a heated iron.
2. articles of clothing or the like that have been or are to be ironed.
3. Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
4. something hard, strong, rigid, unyielding, or the like:
5. an instrument, utensil, weapon, etc., made of iron.
6. an appliance with a flat metal bottom, used when heated, as by electricity, to press or smooth clothes, linens, etc.
7. Golf. one of a series of nine iron-headed clubs having progressively sloped-back faces, used for driving or lofting the ball. Compare wood1 (def 8).
8. a branding iron.
9. any of several tools, structural members, etc., of metals other than iron.
10. the blade of a carpenter's plane.
11. Slang. a pistol.
12. a harpoon.
13. Medicine/Medical. a preparation of iron or containing iron, used chiefly in the treatment of anemia, or as a styptic and astringent.
14. irons, shackles or fetters:
15. a sword.

Idioms

1. in irons, Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) unable to maneuver because of the position of the sails with relation to the direction of the wind. Nautical. (of a towing vessel) unable to maneuver because of tension on the towing line. Also, into irons. in shackles or fetters.
2. irons in the fire, matters with which one is immediately concerned; undertakings; projects:
3. pump iron, to lift weights as an exercise or in competition.
4. strike while the iron is hot, to act quickly when an opportunity presents itself.

adjective

1. of, containing, or made of iron:
2. resembling iron in firmness, strength, color, etc.:
3. stern; harsh; cruel.
4. inflexible; unrelenting.
5. strong; robust; healthy.
6. holding or binding strongly:
7. irritating or harsh in tone:

Verb phrases

1. iron out, to iron or press (an item of clothing or the like). to remove (wrinkles) from by ironing. to resolve or clear up (difficulties, disagreements, etc.):

verb (used with object)

1. to smooth or press with a heated iron, as clothes or linens.
2. to furnish, mount, or arm with iron.
3. to shackle or fetter with irons.
4. Metalworking. to smooth and thin the walls of (an object being deep-drawn).

verb (used without object)

1. to press clothes, linens, etc., with an iron.

Origin of ironing

First recorded in 1700-10; iron + -ing¹

Examples for ironing

She could even see her own window while ironing at the laundry by just tilting her head to the side.

Nothing was to be heard except the soft thud of irons on the ironing pad.

She was afraid of showing the great pleasure she took in ironing Goujet's shirts.

Madame Putois, a thin little woman of forty-five, was ironing.

I can still see her standing for endless hours at the ironing board steaming and reading simultaneously (and smoking).

The view from Court Two at the Tennis Club de Paris was of ironing boards and models dressing for the Céline show on Sunday.

Back in the wash-shed, brother and sister chatted while the ironing continued.

Once their faces are out of joint, there's no ironing them out again!

She also mentioned that they had used their ironing board as a table.

She was working on it silently and conscientiously, ironing the puffs and insertions.