Definitions for laundry
ˈlɔn dri, ˈlɑn-laun·dry

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. laundry, wash, washing, washables(noun)

   garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

2. laundry(noun)

   workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Laundry(n.)

   A business establishment where clothing is laundered for a fee.

   Etymology: [OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder.]

2. Laundry(n.)

   A collection of items such as articles of clothing or bed linens that need to be laundered, or have just been laundered; as, put the dirty laundry in the basket and take it downstairs; hang the laundry out to dry.

   Etymology: [OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder.]

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. laundry(Noun)

   A laundering; a washing.

   Etymology: From lavanderie. See launder.

2. laundry(Noun)

   A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

   Etymology: From lavanderie. See launder.

3. laundry(Noun)

   That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

   You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

   Etymology: From lavanderie. See launder.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Laundry(noun)

   a laundering; a washing

   Etymology: [OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder.]

2. Laundry(noun)

   a place or room where laundering is done

   Etymology: [OE. lavendrie, OF. lavanderie. See Launder.]

Freebase(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Laundry

   Laundry is the washing of clothing and linens. Laundry processes are often done in a business, room or area in a home or apartment building, reserved for that purpose; this is also sometimes referred to as a laundry. The material that is being washed, or has been laundered is also generally referred to as laundry.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. LAUNDRY

   A place where clothes are mangled.

How to pronounce laundry?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of laundry in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of laundry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of laundry in a Sentence

1. Nicole Daniel:

   Many times the students may come in because they're embarrassed, they don't look the same, somebody's complaining about a body odor. I would say,' OK, baby, then we're going to have to do it the old way.' We have soap, we have water. But now with this laundry room we don't have to do that.

2. Sylvia Ashton-Warner:

   No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide.

3. Sitora Yusifiy:

   He would just come home and start beating me up because the laundry wasn’t finished or something like that.

4. Pat Stayton:

   Both of the dogs reacted to the trunk of the silver Nissan that the defendant had driven and that the blue laundry basket was recovered from, indicating that the dogs were responding to the scent of human decomposition in the vehicle.

5. Tapas Strickland:

   The U.S. economy remains the least dirty t-shirt in the global laundry basket. The dollar was stronger across the board in response.

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