ironing
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed
there was a basketful of ironing to do
Types & categories
- garment hypernym
- household linen hypernym
- flatwork hyponym
Related & opposite
- iron derivation
Sense 2 noun
the work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
Types & categories
- work hypernym
Related & opposite
- iron derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | iron |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | garment |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | household linen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flatwork |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | iron |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |