Definition of laundry
laundries
1a : a room for doing the family washb : a commercial laundering establishment
2 : clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
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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 of laundry from the Web
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The girls waited tables in the dining room, washed laundry and learned to sew.
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William F. Buckley’s fight against the Birchers and their leader, Robert Welch, developed slowly and with no little anguish about airing the Right’s dirty laundry in public.
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But year round, American Apparel lingerie met a specific need, closing the psychological and logistical gap between practical, cotton, period/laundry undies and capital-L Lingerie.
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The counselors had given the youngsters a choice: Do laundry at camp or climb the mountain.
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The shooting was reported about 3:35 p.m. Police said the victim was getting laundry out of his vehicle when three men approached him and began shooting.
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Whether or not Brzezinski underwent a face-lift procedure is her business — and her business alone — and most definitely not something for Trump to air out on the Internet like dirty laundry.
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The three-story Friary has about 27,000 square feet of space, including a basement that most recently was occupied by a laundry and meeting space.
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The modest complex on Newton Avenue at 16th Street had bathrooms, showers, laundry, food and water as well as 220 beds.
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First Known Use of laundry
1577
LAUNDRY Defined for English Language Learners
laundry
playDefinition of laundry for English Language Learners
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: clothes, towels, sheets, etc., that need to be washed or that have been washed
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: a business or place where clothes, towels, sheets, etc., are washed and dried
LAUNDRY Defined for Kids
laundry
playDefinition of laundry for Students
laundries
1 : clothes or household linens that need to be washed or that have been washed
2 : a place where clothes and household linens are washed and dried
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