LAUNDERING

laundering

(noun) washing clothes and bed linens

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

laundering

present participle of launder

Noun

laundering (plural launderings)

The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.

Source: Wiktionary


Laun"der*ing, n.

Definition: The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.

LAUNDER

Laun"der, n. Etym: [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandière, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]

1. A washerwoman. [Obs.]

2. (Mining)

Definition: A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.

Laun"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Laundering.]

1. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.

2. To lave; to wet. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RELEGATION

(noun) mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; “he has been relegated to a post in Siberia”


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