laundry

[lawn-dree, lahn-]

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.

laundry

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of laundry¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of laundry¹

C16: changed from C14 lavendry; see _launder

Idioms and Phrases

see wash one's dirty linen (laundry).

Example Sentences

“I’ve had people walking out of their laundry room and dropping all the laundry,” Fonda said with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times

Shires pauses, attempting to joke that it’s the laundry detergent that’s brought her to tears.

From Los Angeles Times

Apple has mostly refrained from airing its dirty laundry in public - at the request of the regulator, it said.

From BBC

Incarcerated firefighters don’t wield hoses, but clear brush and dig containment lines while working on front-line hand crews and do work such as cooking and laundry to keep fire camps running.

From Los Angeles Times

The piece was toward the bottom of the page, tucked away like dirty laundry.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• washing