laundry — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A laundering; a washing.

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   Examples

   In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day.

2. A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

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   Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place.

3. That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

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   You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

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   Q. Did you use to do the washing around your house, too? / The Court: She did all the work of the house, I suppose. / Mr. Feltenstein: That's what I want to find out. / A. I gave the laundry to the laundry. / Q. What? / A. I gave the wash to the laundry.

4. A penalty flag.

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5. A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.

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Noun

1. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

   Synonyms

   washwashingwashables

   Broader terms

   garmentwhite goodshousehold linen

2. workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

   Broader terms

   workplacework