plural laundries
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
Examples of laundry in a Sentence
There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
The patients' sheets are sent regularly to the hospital laundry.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jijo unpacked my suitcase, handled my laundry and my airport transfer, routinely surprised me with an afternoon iced tea, and accompanied me to the IT office when my Wi-Fi went out.
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Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2023
Smart capabilities such as Amazon Alexa compatibility impressed us during testing, allowing the user to control the laundry from a distance.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2023
Do this in every room - dishes out of the sink, toys off the ground, that mountain of clean laundry folded.
—Hannah Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
Do this in every room — dishes out of the sink, toys off the ground, that mountain of clean laundry folded.
—Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
Lafayette Laundromat, the largest laundromat in Detroit, is allowing anyone in need of laundry services to come in and do their laundry for free on Tuesday, Aug. 22.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2023
His grandfather worked a job doing laundry at a hospital and sent money back to his family in his home country.
—Jessica Cheung, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
On that first day in Music City, 18-year-old Dolly was doing her laundry at the Wishy Washy laundromat when Carl Dean, 21, drove by in his white Chevy pickup truck.
—Maria Carter, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
Some cleaners will wash dirty dishes or do laundry, whereas others consider those to be add-ons.
—Rachel Kurzius, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
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Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2023
Smart capabilities such as Amazon Alexa compatibility impressed us during testing, allowing the user to control the laundry from a distance.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2023
Do this in every room - dishes out of the sink, toys off the ground, that mountain of clean laundry folded.
—Hannah Holland, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
Do this in every room — dishes out of the sink, toys off the ground, that mountain of clean laundry folded.
—Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
Lafayette Laundromat, the largest laundromat in Detroit, is allowing anyone in need of laundry services to come in and do their laundry for free on Tuesday, Aug. 22.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2023
His grandfather worked a job doing laundry at a hospital and sent money back to his family in his home country.
—Jessica Cheung, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
On that first day in Music City, 18-year-old Dolly was doing her laundry at the Wishy Washy laundromat when Carl Dean, 21, drove by in his white Chevy pickup truck.
—Maria Carter, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
Some cleaners will wash dirty dishes or do laundry, whereas others consider those to be add-ons.
—Rachel Kurzius, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Laundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.
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laundry
noun
laun·dry
ˈlȯn-drē 
ˈlän-
plural laundries
1
: clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
2
: a place where laundering is done
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