laundry

laun·dry

A modern laundry in a home.

noun

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.

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.

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laundry

noun

pl. -·dries

Rare the act or process of laundering
1. a room with facilities for laundering
2. a commercial establishment providing laundering service
3. a commercial establishment providing self-service laundering facilities; laundromat
clothes, linens, etc. that have been, or are about to be, laundered
a place or process for laundering money that has been illegally or improperly obtained

Origin of laundry

Middle English lavenderie from Old French from lavandier: see launder

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laundry

noun

pl. laun·dries

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

Origin of laundry

Middle English lavendrye, laundry from Old French lavanderie from lavandier ; see launder .

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Noun

(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.
You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

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From Old French lavanderie. See launder.

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