Crossword clues for ironing
ironing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Iron \I"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ironed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ironing.]
To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.
To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. ``Ironed like a malefactor.''
--Sir W. Scott.-
To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
iron out differences resolve differences; settle a dispute.
Ironing \I"ron*ing\, n.
The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.
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The clothes ironed.
Ironing board, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid while being ironed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of pressing and smoothing clothes with a heated flat-iron," c.1710, from present participle of iron (v.). Ironing board attested from 1843.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of pressing clothes with an iron. 2 laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed. 3 Laundry that has recently been ironed. vb. (present participle of iron English)
WordNet
n. garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
the work of ironing washed clothes
Wikipedia
Ironing is the use of an iron to remove wrinkles from fabric.
Ironing may also refer to:
- Ironing (metalworking)
- Breast ironing
- Extreme ironing
Ironing is a sheet metal forming process that uniformly thins the workpiece in a specific area.
This is a very useful process when employed in combination with deep drawing to produce a uniform wall thickness part with greater height-to-diameter ratio. One example of ironing can be found in the manufacture of aluminum beverage cans, which are actually pressed from flat sheets of thicker material.
Category:Metal forming
Ironing is the use of a heated tool (an iron) to remove wrinkles from fabric. The heating is commonly done to a temperature of 180–220 °Celsius, depending on the fabric. Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the long-chain polymer molecules in the fibers of the material. While the molecules are hot, the fibers are straightened by the weight of the iron, and they hold their new shape as they cool. Some fabrics, such as cotton, require the addition of water to loosen the intermolecular bonds. Many modern fabrics (developed in or after the mid-twentieth century) are advertised as needing little or no ironing. Permanent press clothing was developed to reduce the ironing necessary by combining wrinkle-resistant polyester with cotton.
The first known use of heated metal to "iron" clothes is known to have occurred in China. The electric iron was invented in 1882, by Henry W. Seeley. Seeley patented his "electric flatiron" on June 6, 1882 (U.S. Patent no. 259,054).
Usage examples of "ironing".
Freel, or chest-to-face, actually, since Freel was short enough to sleep comfortably on an ironing board.
I reach for one of the shirts overhead and spread it out awkwardly on the ironing board.
She reaches into a little side room, pulls out an old ironing board covered in flowery material, and sets it up, then beckons me over.
As soon as I get back to the house I set up the ironing board, plug in the iron, turn on the radio, and make a nice strong cup of coffee.
Rosie lit two rushlights and by the light of these would work on at her ironing table till Pierpoint came home and they had their supper of whelks and oysters and bread and ale.
In one a man sat smoking in his shirtsleeves, from another a slavey leaned out watching a fourwheeler that had stopped next door, in a third a woman sat sewing, and in a fourth a woman was ironing, with a glimpse of a bedstead behind her.
I should be ironing, but I know the caseworker is getting my work done.
Bunny Brown himself was hidden from sight in that mess of ironing board, washboiler, and other things!
On the floor, over and around the two chairs and the large ironing board, were the smaller board, the stepladder, the washboiler, two hammers, a lot of nails, many bread, cake, and pie pans, and some knives and forks.
Brazenly now she held up her outsized bloomers to the light and arranged them on the ironing board.
Remo grabbed a coathanger and twisted it through the handles of the top and bottom parts of the ironing table, fastening it together.
Moonsuit, I scrunched around the waterbed, bumped against a shelf that held a small TV set, and squeezed into a bathroom that was the same size as the wall indentations that once held ironing boards.
As she folded the ironing board away, and put it in the understairs cupboard, she wondered how she would feel about returning to Buckingham Palace.
She worked at all the tasks she had ever done, performing, in fancy, the myriads of mechanical movements peculiar to each occupation--shaping and pasting in the paper box factory, ironing in the laundry, weaving in the jute mill, peeling fruit in the cannery and countless boxes of scalded tomatoes.
Nellie was bending over the heavy ironing table, applying a fluting iron to the delicate ripples in Terel's silk blouse.