ironed

I1R1O1N1E1D2

adjective

Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.

Opposite
UncommonFirst used 10th c.Scrabble 7

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of iron
adjectiveironed (comparative more ironed, superlative most ironed)

comparative more ironed · superlative most ironed

  1. Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.First known use 10th c.
  2. obsoleteMade of iron.First known use 14th–16th c.
  3. That has been put in irons; shackled.First known use 18th c.

    [T]he ironed convict, dragging his tree trunk to the summit edge of some beetling plateau, looks down upon a sea of fog, through which rise mountain-tops like islands […].

    1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 96
  4. That has been pressed or smoothed with a hot iron; pressed.First known use 18th c.
  5. Of hairTreated as with a hair iron; curled with a curling iron, or straightened with a straightening-iron or with electric straighteners.First known use 19th c.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

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Chicago

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