ironing board

noun

1. a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.

ironing board

noun

1. a board, usually on legs, with a suitable covering on which to iron clothes

Word History and Origins

Origin of ironing board¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

It is believed those responsible may have been doing "extreme ironing" for charity - a craze where people take ironing boards to remote locations.

From BBC

There are two wide windows with sheer curtains, a closet with an ironing board tucked inside, a mini fridge, a mini wastebasket.

From Literature

Inside a darkened utility room off his family’s home, 55-year-old Arturo González was dead, his limbs stiff and his head resting on an ironing board that appeared to have caught his fall as he collapsed.

From Los Angeles Times

"I was DJ-ing on a £100 laptop with a £50 mixer and PC speakers with an ironing board," he told BBC Scotland,

From BBC

Every day, he’d get up at 6 a.m., pop his oldies tape in his cassette player, pull down the ironing board built into the wall of his 1920s childhood home and start starching.

From Los Angeles Times