laundry

[lawn-dree, lahn-]

noun

plural

laundries 

1. articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.

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

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

laundry

/ ˈlɔːndrɪ /

noun

1. a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed

2. the clothes or linen washed and ironed

3. the act of laundering

Word History and Origins

Origin of laundry¹

1350–1400; Middle English lavandrie < Middle French lavanderie. See launder, -y ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of laundry¹

C16: changed from C14 lavendry; see _launder

Idioms and Phrases

see wash one's dirty linen (laundry).

Example Sentences

It also features a laundry list of ambitious goals that Tesla will need to meet.

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A mother’s tasks are innumerable and nonlinear; dinner has to get underway just when the laundry has to be transferred to the dryer.

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Digging through the laundry for a jersey, once a dreaded weekend morning chore, gave me a comforting jolt of familiarity.

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Wray, for example, had multiple items like his laundry bag with his service number and his military notebook, which he offered up to the show.

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It does your taxes as well and does dishes and laundry.”

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Related Words

• washing