ironing board

American  

noun

ironing boards plural

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

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ironing board British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ironing boards
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ironing board

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

I took them off, moved the ironing board outside, and adjusted its height so it could hold my laptop while I sat in a balcony chair.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2025

An ironing board abandoned at the top of Ben Nevis has angered hillwalkers in the Scottish Highlands.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2023

Every day, he’d get up at 6 a.m., pop his oldies tape in his cassette player, pull down the ironing board built into the wall of his 1920s childhood home and start starching.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

It’s not going well — he’s taken to setting up his gear on top of an ironing board for an impromptu park performance in his South London neighborhood.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

He says he can sleep on the ironing board!

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd