ironing board
noun
a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
ironing boards
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pluralof ironing board.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Although there’s little evidence that Boone ever profited from her invention, it became the prototype of later mass-produced ironing boards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Three bright green bronzes by Oren Pinhassi, which look something like ironing boards with birds’ legs and include a few plastic shower curtain rings and two panes of glass, are similarly disconcerting.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2022
The European Union will also exempt Ukraine from safeguard measures that limit steel imports, and lift anti-dumping tariffs the EU currently imposes on Ukrainian steel tubes, hot-rolled flat steel products and ironing boards.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2022
Many of the elements of her design are common in ironing boards today.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 26, 2022
Made-up stories don’t interest her unless they contain a lot of real things: toasters, ironing boards, the wardrobes of movie stars.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
