WASHHOUSE

washhouse

(noun) a building or outbuilding where laundry is done

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

washhouse (plural washhouses)

A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry

Source: Wiktionary


Wash"house`, n.

Definition: An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

26 June 2025

DISPIRITEDLY

(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”


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In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.

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