laundromat

[ lawn-druh-mat, lahn- ]

noun

1. a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.

Laundromat

/ ˈlɔːndrəˌmæt /

noun

1. a commercial establishment where clothes can be washed and dried, using coin-operated machines Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)Launderettelaundrette

Word History and Origins

Origin of laundromat¹

First recorded in 1940–45; formerly a trademark, originally a brand of washer

Example Sentences

Wet boots and tents stink up a small living space very quickly, and there is no way to tell when you’ll find a laundromat or a sunny day to air things out.

From Outside Online

She says her town also doesn’t have a laundromat, let alone one created with accessibility in mind.

From Washington Post

Landowners can and do let properties that are zoned to allow dense housing operate instead as laundromats or parking lots or fast food restaurants for many years, because they’re profitable as they are.

From Voice of San Diego

Elizabeth Estrada, 20, a day-care worker, had already been searching for a place to get the shots when she heard about the clinic from her mother’s friend who works in the laundromat a few doors away.

From Washington Post

Another student was charged with stabbing the owner of a laundromat.

From Washington Post

That list includes apartment complexes, the Chrysler Group, real estate agencies, a laundromat and even a cemetery.

From The Daily Beast

She works part-time in a Laundromat and lives in a homeless shelter in New York with her fiancé and 13-year-old son.

From The Daily Beast

Seriously everywhere: every bar, gas station, grocery store, radio station, church, halfway house, laundromat, and party.

From The Daily Beast

The investigators got just enough to lead them to a building near the laundromat.

From The Daily Beast

She thanked him now over her cellphone as she stood in the Clean and Bright Laundromat on Prospect Avenue.

From The Daily Beast