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