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ironing board

n.
A long, narrow padded board, often with collapsible supporting legs, used as a working surface for ironing.
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ironing board

n
a board, usually on legs, with a suitable covering on which to iron clothes
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i′roning board`


n.
a flat, cloth-covered board on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
[1835–45]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ironing board - narrow padded board on collapsible supportsironing board - narrow padded board on collapsible supports; used for ironing clothes
board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
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Translations
žehlicí prkno
strygebræt
silityslauta
daska za glačanje
アイロン台
다리미판
likalna deska
strykbräda
โต๊ะรีดผ้า
kệ ủi đồ

ironing board

nBügelbrett nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ironing board

nasse f da stiro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ironing board

لَوْحُ الكَيِّ žehlicí prkno strygebræt Bügelbrett σιδερώστρα mesa de planchar, tabla de planchar silityslauta planche à repasser daska za glačanje asse da stiro アイロン台 다리미판 strijkbord strykebrett deska do prasowania tábua de passar гладильная доска strykbräda โต๊ะรีดผ้า ütü tahtası kệ ủi đồ 熨衣板
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We sweated our way through long sizzling weeks at a task that was never done; and many a night, while the students snored in bed, my partner and I toiled on under the electric light at steam mangle or ironing board.
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The Britain's Got Talent audition of a restaurateur from Chester will air on TV tonight - and her shot at stardom even features her ironing board.
The display includes the original 1950s typewriter Phil Redmond typed his first scripts up on; some of the original hand-written scripts rest-ing on top of an ironing board, just the way Phil worked on them in the show's early days; items of uniform worn by the show's cast and Grange Hill memorabilia - including annuals, on-set photos, vinyl records and books.
Dubai: A worker has been cleared of using playing cards and an ironing board to organise a public gambling game for pedestrians in front of stores.
That have the ironing board gently resting against the side of the fridge, so it's always on hand.
In this type of gambling, the men use a thin belt which is placed on an ironing board and a screwdriver is put in a belt hole.
An iron nestled under a leaning ironing board. I plugged in the iron and set up the ironing board.
Tobey, a former Chase Terrace Technology College student, collected the ironing board from a pathway during his daily five-and-a-half mile ride to 19-year-old Paige's home in Burntwood.
An Iranian immigrant who owns a bar in London is now on trial for driving an eccentric American out of his establishment and using an ironing board to push him in front of an ongoing vehicle that killed him.
After all, how many men do you see carrying an ironing board and an iron into the freezing waters of a Pennine reservoir?