laundry

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laundry/ˈlɔːndri/

▶noun (pl. laundries)

• 1 clothes and household linen that need to be washed or that have been newly washed.

• 2 a room or building where clothes and household linen are washed and ironed.

– origin C16: contr. of ME lavendry, from OFr. lavanderie, from lavandier (see launder).