Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed;
- Example: "there was a basketful of ironing to do"2.
the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Iron \I"ron\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ironed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ironing.]
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1. To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to
smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes
used with out.
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2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. "Ironed like
a malefactor." --Sir W. Scott.
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3. To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
iron out differences resolve differences; settle a dispute.
[PJC] Ironbark
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ironing \I"ron*ing\, n.
1. The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot
flatirons.
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2. The clothes ironed.
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Ironing board, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid
while being ironed.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ironing
n 1: garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been)
ironed; "there was a basketful of ironing to do"
2: the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to
remove any wrinkles