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laundry

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. laundry (noun)
  2. laundry list (noun)
  3. laundry soap (noun)
  4. laundry tray (noun)
  5. dirty laundry (noun)

laun·dry

noun \ˈlȯn-drē, ˈlän-\
plural laundries

Definition of LAUNDRY

1
a : a room for doing the family wash b : a commercial laundering establishment
2
: clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
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Examples of LAUNDRY

  1. There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
  2. The patients' sheets are sent regularly to the hospital laundry.

First Known Use of LAUNDRY

14th century

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