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Laundry

//ˈlɔːn.dɹi// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A laundering; a washing. countable, uncountable

    "In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day."

  2. 2
    workplace where clothes are washed and ironed wordnet
  3. 3
    A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing. countable, uncountable

    "Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place."

  4. 4
    garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering wordnet
  5. 5
    That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. countable, uncountable

    "You've left your dirty laundry all over the house."

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  1. 6
    A penalty flag. countable, slang, uncountable
  2. 7
    A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder.

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