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iron

 
 
/aɪən/ verb [I, T]

Definition

to make clothes flat and smooth using an iron: I need to iron a shirt to wear tomorrow.
(Definition of iron verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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