LAUNDRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laundry mean? 

• LAUNDRY (noun)
  The noun LAUNDRY has 2 senses:

1. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

2. workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

  Familiarity information: LAUNDRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAUNDRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

laundry; wash; washables; washing

Hypernyms ("laundry" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

household linen; white goods (drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth)

Derivation:

launder (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("laundry" is a kind of...):

work; workplace (a place where work is done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laundry"):

launderette; Laundromat (a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers)

washhouse (a building or outbuilding where laundry is done)

Derivation:

launder (cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water)

 Context examples 

I tell yeh, Mart, they won't be no kids workin' in my laundry—not on yer life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It’s not ideal from a dignity perspective, but the evidence is it’s better to wash your hands with laundry water than not wash your hands.

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)

He is a big, powerful chap, clean-shaven, and very swarthy— something like Aldridge, who helped us in the bogus laundry affair.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nitrilotriacetic acid is mainly used as a chelating and eluting agent and is found in laundry detergents.

(Nitrilotriacetic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

It seems that Tina is the child of the Frenchwoman who does the fine ironing in the laundry here.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

An adverse event for which only minimal, local, or noninvasive intervention (e.g. packing, cautery) is indicated; or that limits instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs, e.g., shopping, laundry, transportation, or ability to conduct finances).

(Moderate Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)

Home care services include: • Personal care, such as help with bathing, washing your hair, or getting dressed • Homemaking, such as cleaning, yard work, and laundry • Cooking or delivering meals • Health care, such as having a home health aide come to your home

(Home Care Services, NIH)

Known as quaternary ammonium compounds or quats, the chemicals are often used as disinfectants and preservatives in household and personal products such as cleaners, laundry detergent, fabric softener, shampoo and conditioner, and eye drops.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I didn't come here to get no laundry.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Yet slightly dirty water such as that which has been used for laundry is still effective when combined with soap, handwashing specialist Myriam Sidibe, a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, told.

(Slightly dirty water ‘still ok’ against coronavirus, SciDev.Net)