รีดผ้า
iron (clothes or fabric)
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- 1 iron (clothes or fabric)
Describes smoothing wrinkles out of clothes or fabric with an iron.
iron (clothes or fabric)
To use an iron to remove wrinkles and neaten clothes or fabric.
Learning notes
Explanation
รีดผ้า is an everyday verb phrase formed from รีด, meaning to press or flatten, and ผ้า, meaning cloth or clothing. Together, they refer to removing wrinkles from fabric with an iron. A specific garment can replace ผ้า, as in รีดเสื้อ “iron a shirt/clothes” or รีดกางเกง “iron trousers.” When the object is already clear, รีด may be used by itself. The appliance itself is called เตารีด, “an iron.”
Usage
Commonly used when talking about household chores, preparing clothes to wear, or smoothing garments after washing. It is also useful when requesting ironing at a hotel or laundry service.
Caution
รีดผ้า names the action of ironing. Do not confuse it with เตารีด, the appliance, or ซักผ้า, “wash clothes.” With a specific garment, place that garment directly after รีด, as in เสื้อตัวนี้ต้องรีดไหม, “Does this shirt need ironing?”