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laun·dry (lôn′drē)

noun pl. laundries -·dries

  1. Rare the act or process of laundering
    1. a room with facilities for laundering
    2. a commercial establishment for this
  3. a batch of clothes, linens, etc. that has been, or is about to be, laundered
  4. a place or process for laundering money that has been illegally or improperly obtained

Etymology: ME lavenderie < OFr < lavandier: see launder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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