laundry
noun/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ · /ˈlɑn.dɹi/
Etymology From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder.
1
A laundering; a washing.
- 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.
- 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.1883, Henry J. Winser, The Yellowstone National Park-A Manual for Tourists, New York: G.P. Putnam Sons, page 46:
3
That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
- You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.
- 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.1935, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs., page 69:
4
American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang A penalty flag.
5
A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.
- Synonyms
- washing, lavatory, laundromat, washateria, laundrette
- Derived terms
33 terms
air one's dirty laundry in public, coin laundry, coin-operated laundry, coin-op laundry, dirty laundry, do the laundry, European laundry, laundry ball, laundry basket, laundry blue, laundry chute, laundry day, laundry egg, laundryless, laundry line, laundry list, laundrymaid, laundryman, laundry mark, laundry-mark, laundry mat, laundrymat, laundryowner, laundry room, laundry sink, laundry soap, laundry sour, laundry stove, laundry tab, laundrywoman, Magdalene laundry, nonlaundry, wash one's dirty laundry in public