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   laundry

   /ˈlɔːndri/

   noun

   • 1. clothes and linen that need to be washed or that have been newly washed: "she went outside to hang some laundry on the line" Similar dirty washingwashingwashdirty clothesclothes to be cleaneddated:bagwash
   • ▪ the action or process of washing clothes and linen: "cooking and laundry were undertaken by domestic staff"
   • 2. a room in a house, hotel, or institution where clothes and linen can be washed and ironed: "the pathology department was in the hospital basement, next to the laundry" Similar washroomlaundry roomlaunderettedry cleaner'spublic wash houseChinese laundrytrademark:laundromat
   • ▪ a company washing and ironing clothes and linen commercially: "lots of people send their sheets to a laundry these days"

   Word Origin early 16th century: contraction of Middle Englishlavendry, from Old French lavanderie, from lavandier ‘person who washes linen’ (see launder).

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