permanent press

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdurable press

   Broaderfabric

Questions about permanent press

What does permanent press mean?

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

What is another word for permanent press?

Close synonyms include durable 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 permanent press a common word?

permanent 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.