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| ironing | |
| 1. n. The act of pressing clothes with an iron. |  |
| I hate ironing. | |
| 2. n. Laundry that has been washed and is ready to be ironed. | |
| I really should make a start on the ironing soon. | |
| 3. n. Laundry that has recently been ironed. | |
| I really should put the ironing away. | |
| iron | |
| 1. n. A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel. | |
| 2. n. (physics, chemistry, metallurgy) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe. | |
| 3. n. (metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron. | |
| wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron | |
| 4. n. A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom | |
| 5. n. (usually plural, irons) Shackles. | |
| 6. n. (slang) A handgun. | |
| 7. n. A dark shade of the colour/color silver. | |
| 8. n. (Cockney rhyming slang) A male homosexual. | |
| 9. n. (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots. | |
| 10. n. Great strength or power. | |
| 11. n. (weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training. | |
| He lifts iron on the weekends. | |
| 12. adj. (not comparable) Made of the metal iron. | |
| 13. adj. (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible. | |
| She had an iron will. | |
| He held on with an iron grip. | |
| an iron constitution | |
| Iron men | |
| 14. v. To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases. | |
| 15. v. (transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff. | |
| 16. v. To furnish or arm with iron. | |
| to iron a wagon | |
