launder

Meaning

Verb

1. To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
2. (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
3. To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.
4. (transitive) To obtain a pointer to an object created in storage occupied by an existing object of the same type, even if it has const or reference members.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.
2. A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.
3. A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
4. A gutter (for rainwater).

Synonyms

wash

🧽

clean

cleanse

gutter

wash clothes

wash and iron

clear

duct

flute

🪈

groove

lander

lave

make clean

purge

purify

scald

scour

scrub

slot

sluice

socket

spout

suds

sulcus

tank

vessel

wash down

wash out

wash up

whiten

do the laundry

scrub up

do laundry

driving slot

tapping spout

trough washer

steel spout

wash channel

rinse bath

ark

wash do laundry

bathe

blanch

bleach

canal

chute

Translations

blanchir

waschen

🧽

lavar

🧽

laver

🧽

lessiver

lavar

🧽

lavare

🧽

wassen

🧽

blanquear

purifier

lavō

lavare e stirare

de was doen

riciclare

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɔːndə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lavender

In summary

Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandera, from Latin lavō (“I wash”).