ironing board


noun
  1. a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.

Origin of ironing board

1
First recorded in 1835–45

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How to use ironing board in a sentence

  • My mother would wash my hair by having me lay on the ironing board with my head hanging over the sink.

  • He would shout as jovially and interestedly while selling a fifty-cent used ironing board as he would over a prize cow.

    Ticktock and Jim | Keith Robertson
  • On this side table sat two rusty flat-irons, and against it leaned an ironing board.

    The Foolish Virgin | Thomas Dixon

British Dictionary definitions for ironing board

ironing board

noun
  1. a board, usually on legs, with a suitable covering on which to iron clothes

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