ironing board

noun

: a flat padded cloth-covered surface on which clothes are ironed

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The results can be puckish, as when Elwood’s reflection appears in the chrome side of the iron that Hattie is sliding across an ironing board. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024 Simply lay a sheet of aluminum foil on your ironing board (this time, on top of the cover) and run your hot iron over it a few times. Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2024 The handheld tool steams garments to crisp perfection and doesn’t require an ironing board. Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024 An Ironing Board or Steamer Then, there are the clothes that require extra TLC with an ironing board. Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ironing board 

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ironing board was in 1833

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“Ironing board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ironing%20board. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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