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laundry
[ lawn-dree, lahn- ]
noun
- articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- a business establishment where clothes, linens, etc., are laundered.
- a room or area, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.
laundry
/ ˈlɔːndrɪ /
noun
- a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed
- the clothes or linen washed and ironed
- the act of laundering
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Word History and Origins
Origin of laundry1
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Idioms and Phrases
see wash one's dirty linen (laundry) .Discover More
Example Sentences
As Americans, we still have a right to air both our dirty laundry and our R-Rated films.
These are two in a laundry list of troubling connections between the two companies.
A new report says laundry detergent pods are sending 20,000 kids to the hospital each year.
Lie Down with Lions (1985) gave a shoutout to gays in a laundry list of human rights to worry about.
There is no running water there, nor gyms, nor fast food, nor laundry service.
Edna found her friend engaged in assorting the clothes which had returned that morning from the laundry.
Jess tiptoed over to the tin box on the table, drew out the two loaves of bread, and slipped them into the laundry bag.
Jess, who liked above all things to be orderly, spread out the big gray laundry bag on the pine needles for a tablecloth.
Taking the scissors from Violet's workbag, she cut the laundry bag carefully into two pieces, saving the cord for a clothesline.
A big pile of pine needles was loaded into the freight car for Henry's bed, and covered with the other half of the laundry bag.
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