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laundry

noun
LAWN-dree/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/

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5 meanings of laundry

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  1. 1
    clothesnoununcountable
    Clothes and other things that need washing, are being washed, or were just washed.

    Please put your dirty laundry in the basket.

    My laundry is still wet, so I can't wear that shirt yet.

    Similarwashing, wash

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  2. 2
    household chorenoununcountable
    The job of washing clothes, sheets, and towels.

    I do the laundry every Saturday morning.

    He hates laundry, but he loves having clean socks.

    Similarwashing

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  3. 3
    washing placenouncountable
    A room or building where clothes and other things are washed.

    Our apartment building has a laundry on the first floor.

    I took my sheets to the laundry down the street.

    Similarlaundromat, launderette

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  4. 4
    fake businessnouncountable
    A business that is really used to hide where money from crime came from.

    The little shop was really a laundry for stolen money.

    The police closed a laundry that made a gang's dirty money look honest.

    Similarfront

  5. 5
    football flagnounslanguncountable
    A flag in football that shows a player broke a rule.

    There was laundry on the field right after the big hit.

    The fans booed when more laundry landed near the goal line.

    Similarflag

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Origin

It came into English from French, and before that from Latin lavandaria.