plural laundries
1
a
: a room for doing the family wash
b
: a commercial laundering establishment
2
: clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
Examples of laundry in a Sentence
There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
The patients' sheets are sent regularly to the hospital laundry.
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The women, hanging laundry or selling American movies on DVD out of dusty briefcases, are suspicious.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Clocking in at a little more than 5,000 square feet on three levels, The Studio House features a media lounge up top and a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with its own kitchen and laundry on the main level, plus multiple offices and a recording studio down below.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Supply stores, saloons, gambling businesses and laundries opened in make-shift towns all around the Sacramento River.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
In both laundry and life, the former Arsenal (twice), Manchester City, Bay FC and Scotland centre-back is moving on to her next cycle at age 33.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Clocking in at a little more than 5,000 square feet on three levels, The Studio House features a media lounge up top and a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with its own kitchen and laundry on the main level, plus multiple offices and a recording studio down below.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Supply stores, saloons, gambling businesses and laundries opened in make-shift towns all around the Sacramento River.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
In both laundry and life, the former Arsenal (twice), Manchester City, Bay FC and Scotland centre-back is moving on to her next cycle at age 33.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Laundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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laundry
noun
laun·dry
ˈlȯn-drē 
ˈlän-
plural laundries
1
: clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
2
: a place where laundering is done
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