ironings

Fabric smoothing sessions

Ironings refers to items that have been ironed or, more commonly, items waiting to be ironed—clothes and linens that need pressing: She tackled the pile of ironings on Saturday morning.

The word is somewhat old-fashioned, from an era when pressing clothes was a regular household chore rather than an occasional one.

laundry

pressed

Pushed or smoothed flat

steam · fabric · blouses · linens · tablecloths · napkins · cotton · starch · smoothing · garments

task

chore

Routine domestic task

backlog · batch · weekly · domestic · tedious · routine · workload · stack · folding · sorting

Opposites
fabric state/process

ironingswrinklings

Forming small folds

creasings · foldings · crinklings

laundry process stage

ironingslaundry pile

Accumulated soiled clothing

dirty laundry

Phrases
Family

ironing

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G