Definition of "ironing board" []

• A long, narrow padded board, often with collapsible supporting legs, used as a working surface for ironing. (noun)

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• "The lighting was dim and furnishings scant: a single bed, a small dresser displaying a model ofApollo 11,a broken rocker that Mother used to hold the ironing, an ironing board and the piano."
• "Beauty parlors gave "antiperms," but the preferred method among teenagers was laying their heads on the ironing board and pressing their locks with a clothes iron."
• "The chair back was as stiff and upright as an ironing board and the seat was too small for a midget's ass."