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Laundry Common

Laundry has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

"I need to get my laundry done before I leave for work tomorrow."

2

workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

"The staff at the hotel laundry work long shifts to keep all guest linens clean and pressed."

3

A laundering; a washing.

"The machine is still running, so our laundry will be ready in about an hour."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
garment white goods workplace
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
launderette washhouse

Origin

The word laundry comes from the Latin term lavandaria, which referred to a place for washing clothes. It entered English through Old French and Middle English as lavanderie.

Rhyming Words
dry adry undry updry andry redry tawdry bawdry tendry pendry hendry fordry airdry landry on dry sundry lardry daldry fladry guidry
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