laundromat

[ lawn-druh-mat, lahn- ]

/ ˈlɔn drəˌmæt, ˈlɑn- /

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noun

a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.

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Origin of laundromat

First recorded in 1940–45; formerly a trademark, originally a brand of washer

Words nearby laundromat

launch window, launder, launderette, laundress, laundrette, laundromat, laundry, laundry list, laundryman, laundrywoman, laura

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How to use laundromat in a sentence

Wet boots and tents stink up a small living space very quickly, and there is no way to tell when you’ll find a laundromat or a sunny day to air things out.
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She says her town also doesn’t have a laundromat, let alone one created with accessibility in mind.
She’s endured stares and insults. Her dream: To create a community space where others won’t have to.|Theresa Vargas|June 16, 2021|Washington Post
Landowners can and do let properties that are zoned to allow dense housing operate instead as laundromats or parking lots or fast food restaurants for many years, because they’re profitable as they are.
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Elizabeth Estrada, 20, a day-care worker, had already been searching for a place to get the shots when she heard about the clinic from her mother’s friend who works in the laundromat a few doors away.
Barbershop offers coronavirus shots, in addition to cuts and shaves. Some see it as a national model.|Lena H. Sun|May 30, 2021|Washington Post

Another student was charged with stabbing the owner of a laundromat.
A county, hit by the pandemic, grapples with soaring crime after spending a decade lowering it.|Emily Davies, Katie Mettler, Rachel Chason|May 30, 2021|Washington Post
That list includes apartment complexes, the Chrysler Group, real estate agencies, a laundromat and even a cemetery.
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She works part-time in a Laundromat and lives in a homeless shelter in New York with her fiancé and 13-year-old son.
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Seriously everywhere: every bar, gas station, grocery store, radio station, church, halfway house, laundromat, and party.
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The investigators got just enough to lead them to a building near the laundromat.
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She thanked him now over her cellphone as she stood in the Clean and Bright Laundromat on Prospect Avenue.
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British Dictionary definitions for laundromat

Laundromat

/ (ˈlɔːndrəˌmæt) /

noun

trademark US, Canadian and NZ a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machinesAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): Launderette, laundrette

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