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noun laun·dry \ ˈlȯn-drē , ˈlän- \
|Updated on: 6 Aug 2018

Definition of laundry

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

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Examples of laundry in a Sentence

  1. There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.

  2. The patients' sheets are sent regularly to the hospital laundry.

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First Known Use of laundry

1577

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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LAUNDRY Defined for English Language Learners

laundry

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Definition of laundry for English Language Learners

  • : clothes, towels, sheets, etc., that need to be washed or that have been washed

  • : a business or place where clothes, towels, sheets, etc., are washed and dried

LAUNDRY Defined for Kids

laundry

noun laun·dry \ ˈlȯn-drē \

Definition of laundry for Students

plural 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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