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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From MarketWatch

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From MarketWatch

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

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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