permanent-press

1. 1.

   used of fabrics that do not require ironing

   “drip-dry shirts for travel”

   Synonymsdrip-dry

   Similarunironed

Questions about permanent-press

What does permanent-press mean?

permanent-press means "used of fabrics that do not require ironing".

How many syllables are in permanent-press?

permanent-press has 4 syllables: per-ma-nent--press. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for permanent-press?

Close synonyms include drip-dry. 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.