laundry
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) A laundering; a washing.
- (countable, uncountable) A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
- (countable, uncountable) That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
- (countable, slang, uncountable) A penalty flag.
- (countable, uncountable) A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.
Synonyms
wash-house
dry cleaner’s
laundry room
washing and ironing
wash house
dry cleaner’s shop
full service laundry
shirt and pants
shirt and trousers
washing⫷mn⫸
cleaner’s
Translations
Wäscherei
lavanderia
lavandería
lavanderia
lessive
πλυντήριο
wasFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder.
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