ironing

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see also CLOTHES, WASH

- to use an iron to make clothes flat and smart after you have washed and dried them: iron (sth), press sth; an act of ironing: press
Your shirt needs ironing. ◎ Could you iron my trousers for me? ◎ Those trousers could do with a press.
- clothes which are to be ironed: ironing (noun U)
a large pile of ironing
- to iron the things that need to be ironed: do* the ironing
I can't chat for long - I've got to do the ironing.
- before you iron sth and make it flat and smooth, it is creased, full of creases
Pack it carefully so that it doesn't get creased. ◎ to iron the creases out of sth
- a neat line that you make deliberately when you iron sth: crease
trousers with a sharp crease
- if the iron is too hot and you burn the cloth a little, you scorch it; the mark you make: scorch mark
- if sth does not need ironing (because it is made of polyester, etc), it is drip-dry
a drip-dry shirt