Laundry
//ˈlɔːn.dɹi// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A laundering; a washing. countable, uncountable
"In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day."
- 2 workplace where clothes are washed and ironed wordnet
- 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 garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering wordnet
- 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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- 6 A penalty flag. countable, slang, uncountable
- 7 A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"I have to do laundry while it's still sunny."
Etymology
From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder.
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