laundry

[ lawn-dree, lahn- ]
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noun,plural laun·dries.
  1. articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.

  2. a business establishment where clothes, linens, etc., are laundered.

  1. a room or area, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.

Origin of laundry

1
1350–1400; Middle English lavandrie<Middle French lavanderie.See launder, -y3

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British Dictionary definitions for laundry

laundry

/ (ˈlɔːndrɪ) /


nounplural -dries
  1. a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed

  2. the clothes or linen washed and ironed

  1. the act of laundering

Origin of laundry

1
C16: changed from C14 lavendry; see launder

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Other Idioms and Phrases with laundry

laundry

see wash one's dirty linen (laundry).

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