laundry

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈlɑn.dɹi/ IPA(key): /ˈlɑːn.dɹi/ (obsolete, distinct from the cot–caught merger) Rhymes: -ɔːndɹi, -ɑndɹi === Noun === laundry (countable and uncountable, plural laundries) A laundering; a washing. A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing. That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered. [from c. 1930] (slang, American football) A penalty flag. A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally. ==== Synonyms ==== (action): washing (place): lavatory, laundromat, washateria, laundrette ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “laundry”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “laundry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.