Permanent Press

  

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Permanent Press

Definition: Permanent Press

Permanent Press

Noun

1. A fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Permanent Press

Synonyms: durable press (n), durable-press fabric (n), permanent-press fabric (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Permanent Press

Specialty definitions using "permanent press": Acrylamides. (references)

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Modern Usage: Permanent Press

DomainUsage

Clever

Why do steam irons have a permanent press setting? (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Permanent Press

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  permanent press

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Permanent Press

Language Translations for "permanent press"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

permanent-press (durable press), durable press (durable press). (various references)

   

French

  

pressage permanent, permanent press (permanent-press finish), repassage permanent, infroissable, apprêt permanent (permanent-press finish). (various references)

   

German

  

Permanent-Press (durable press). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stiratura permanente (durable press). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

パートタイ "業" (padre, palm ball, par play, parliament, parlor, part time employee, partner, partnership, pearl, pearl gray, perfect, perfect game, performance, perlite, permanent, permanent pleats, permanent wave, permission, purple). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

パーマネントプレス . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ermanentpay esspray

   

Portuguese

  

acabamento da passagem a ferro permanente (durable press). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

planchado permanente (durable press). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

strykfri. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Permanent Press

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-m-n-n-p-p-r-r-s-s-t"

-4 letters: easterners, nemerteans, perennates, permanents, presenters, represents.

-5 letters: arrestees, easements, easterner, ensnarers, mesentera, nemertean, pamperers, perennate, permanent, permeases, permeates, pesterers, prepastes, presenter, prestamps, pretenses, remasters, repartees, repeaters, repenters, represent, rerepeats, retempers, steersman, steersmen, strappers, streamers, tamperers, temperers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Permanent Press


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 65 72 6D 61 6E 65 6E 74      50 72 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101110 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#101 &#114 &#109 &#97 &#110 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#80 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0065 0072 006D 0061 006E 0065 006E 0074      0050 0072 0065 0073 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50718479678071808625084718585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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