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

Videos of robots folding laundry or brewing espresso have flooded social-media feeds, while investors have poured billions of dollars into development.

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Elsewhere, there is a laundry room that features white cabinets.

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The dirtiest laundry isn’t aired, and even at nine hours, it clips along so swiftly that the hardest times feel softened.

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There’s a laundry list of issues ailing the AI trade — from big-picture macroeconomic questions affecting the rate-cut outlook, to highly specific comments from key players like OpenAI that have rattled the market.

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There are still themed Legos, but now also Gain laundry scent boosters, Swiffers and Pottery Barn bedding.

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Related Words

• washing