ironing
Definitions
Noun
- Garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed
- The work of using heat to smooth washed clothes in order to remove any wrinkles
Verb
- Press and smooth with a heated iron
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "ironing".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "ironing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frowning | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | browning | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | ionizing | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | zoning | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | rounding | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | drowning | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | fronting | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | crowning | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | kroening | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | groaning | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | crooning | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | ironizing | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | ronning | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | froning | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | droning | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | ronin | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | rezoning | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | intoning | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | groening | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | imprisoning | 4 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "ironing" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
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Words that are statistically associated with "ironing" in the same piece of text.
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 16
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 5
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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