laundry

American  

[lawn-dree, lahn-] / ˈlɔn dri, ˈlɑn- /

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.

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laundry British  

/ 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

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laundry Idioms  

1. see wash one's dirty linen (laundry).

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Etymology

Origin of laundry

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

Example Sentences

I could drop them by the Academy laundry on my way home, but I would have to hustle.

From Literature

For one date, Song cooked Culkin a steak dinner at home—and on another occasion, she actually taught him how to do his laundry.

From MarketWatch

Investors have been worried about a laundry list of issues, including regulatory changes, economic prospects and whether there’s simply much more room to convert cash-based payments over to cards.

From MarketWatch

Women were hanging laundry out to dry while children danced around, chasing pixies.

From Literature

The man first knocked on the door to the temple’s laundry, and when no one opened, he knocked on Avtar’s door, Deep said.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• washing