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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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   • Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with this universal human need are of interest to several branches of scholarship.

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   Laundry refers to the clothes and bedding that you can wash in your washing machine or at the laundromat. Nothing smells quite as good as clean laundry. When you do your laundry, you wash your dirty clothes, as well as any towels, sheets, and other linens that could use a wash too.