ironing
熨平;燙平
I·ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ironed p. pr. & vb. n. Ironing.]
1. To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.
2. To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. “Ironed like a malefactor.”
3. To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.
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I·ron·ing n.
1. The act or process of smoothing, as clothes, with hot flatirons.
2. The clothes ironed.
Ironing board, a flat board, upon which clothes are laid while being ironed.
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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 ironing washed clothes