durable press

1. 1.

   a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape

   Synonymspermanent press

   Broaderfabric

Questions about durable press

What does durable press mean?

durable press means "a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape".

What is another word for durable press?

Close synonyms include permanent press. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is durable press a common word?

durable press is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.