permanent press

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A characteristic of a fabric, especially one used in clothing, often created by applying a chemical treatment and pressure, which causes lasting resistance to wrinkling and retention of pleats and creases

This solution is then padded onto a textile fabric to obtain a 70 percent wet pick up and then air dried. The textile fabric can then be hot pressed to impart a permanent press to garments prepared therefrom.

a fabric that has been chemically processed to resist wrinkles and hold its shape
a process used to treat cloth so that it does not wrinkle easily, or cloth that has been treated in this way
Alternative spelling of permanent press
permanent press

    Hyphenation

    per·ma·nent Press

    Turkish pronunciation

    pırmınınt pres

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpərmənənt ˈpres/ /ˈpɜrmənənt ˈprɛs/

    Etymology

    [ -n&nt ] (adjective.) 15th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin permanent-, permanens, present participle of permanEre to endure, from per- throughout + manEre to remain; more at PER-, MANSION.
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