Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of iron
comparative more ironed · superlative most ironed
- Proivided with, or strengthened by, iron; shod with iron.First known use 10th c.
- 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 - That has been pressed or smoothed with a hot iron; pressed.First known use 18th c.
- 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
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ironed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ironed
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