iron-onadj.n.
/ˌʌɪənˈɒn/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌɑn/ A. adj.
Designed to be fixed to the surface of a fabric by ironing.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adjective] > able to be > in specific manner
tie-on1910
iron-on1949
strap-on1966
1949 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 12 Oct. 5/1 Make your own Christmas presents with Crystl-Craze and Iron-on Fabricals.
1959 Times 12 Jan. 11/5 Woven cotton iron-on interlining.
1970 Guardian 10 Sept. 13/3 Sewing on name tapes is a tedious job. Iron-on tapes can cut down the sewing.
1994 Pract. Craft Nov. 33/3 With a warm iron, fuse the iron-on vilene to the wrong side of Fabric D.
2005 C. Mendelson Laundry ii. xvii. 259 There are also iron-on patches, but they often come off and you have few choices of color and fabric.
B. n.
Originally and chiefly U.S. An image, patch, etc., that can be fixed to the surface of a fabric by ironing.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > manner of attachment
set-on1847
screw-on1934
iron-on1952
1952 Boys' Life June 51/1 (advt.) Sell new all-season home decal decorations... Baseball players! Movie Stars! Iron-on's!
1968 Lockhart (Texas) Post-Reg. 28 Mar. 7/6 Patch tent with iron-ons. When camping..if clothes or tents tear..iron on a patch.
1978 Billboard 26 Aug. 80/5 A T-shirt iron-on was provided with every copy of the newspaper.
1995 J. Levinson & S. Godin Guerrilla Marketing for Home-based Business ix. 149 Her..line of cards, rubber stamps, iron-ons, and wrapping paper was born of a contact made at a convention.
2008 C. Marquette Craft Candy iv. 43/2 Preheat the iron, and arrange the iron-ons on top of the fabric.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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