laundry
articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
a business establishment where clothes, linens, etc., are laundered.
a room or area, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.
Origin of laundry
1Words Nearby laundry
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How to use laundry in a sentence
As Americans, we still have a right to air both our dirty laundry and our R-Rated films.
These are two in a laundry list of troubling connections between the two companies.
The Pipeline From Hell: There’s No Good Reason to Build Keystone XL | Jack Holmes | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA new report says laundry detergent pods are sending 20,000 kids to the hospital each year.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R. | Russell Saunders | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLie Down with Lions (1985) gave a shoutout to gays in a laundry list of human rights to worry about.
Popular Novelist Ken Follett Is a Slightly Unlikely and Certainly Unsung Gay Icon | William O’Connor | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is no running water there, nor gyms, nor fast food, nor laundry service.
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Edna found her friend engaged in assorting the clothes which had returned that morning from the laundry.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinJess tiptoed over to the tin box on the table, drew out the two loaves of bread, and slipped them into the laundry bag.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerJess, who liked above all things to be orderly, spread out the big gray laundry bag on the pine needles for a tablecloth.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerTaking the scissors from Violet's workbag, she cut the laundry bag carefully into two pieces, saving the cord for a clothesline.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerA big pile of pine needles was loaded into the freight car for Henry's bed, and covered with the other half of the laundry bag.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
British Dictionary definitions for laundry
/ (ˈlɔːndrɪ) /
a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed
the clothes or linen washed and ironed
the act of laundering
Origin of laundry
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with laundry
see wash one's dirty linen (laundry).
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