laundry

The definition of laundry is a group of clothes or linens that are being washed, or a place where clothing and other fabrics are washed or cleaned.

(noun)

An example of laundry is the batch of dirty towels that you put into the washing machine.
An example of a laundry is a store where customers use coin operated machines to wash and dry clothes.

See laundry in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. laundries

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

Origin: ME lavenderie < OFr < lavandier: see launder

See laundry in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. laun·dries

Soiled or laundered clothes and linens; wash.
a. A commercial establishment for laundering clothes or linens.
b. A room or an area, as in a house, for doing the wash.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English lavendrye, laundry

Origin: , from Old French lavanderie

Origin: , from lavandier; see launder

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