LAUNDRY

laundry

(noun) workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

laundry, wash, washing, washables

(noun) garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

laundry (countable and uncountable, plural laundries)

A laundering; a washing.

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930]

Synonyms

• (action): washing

• (place): lavatory, laundromat, washateria, laundrette

Source: Wiktionary


Laun"dry, n.; pl. Laundries. Etym: [OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder.]

1. A laundering; a washing.

2. A place or room where laundering is done.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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