ironing board

noun

: a flat padded cloth-covered surface on which clothes are ironed

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Lay the garment flat on an ironing board. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026 Save space with pull-out ironing boards or a wall-mount drying rack. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026 Simply lay a sheet of aluminum foil on your ironing board (this time, on top of the cover) and run your hot iron over it a few times. — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 June 2026 Another space-saver is its ironing board, which is built low and flat to deploy directly on top of the mattress. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ironing board

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ironing board was in 1833

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