Laundry

Definitions

1. A laundering; a washing.
   countable, uncountable
2. A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
   countable, uncountable
3. That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
   countable, uncountable
4. A penalty flag.
   countable, slang, uncountable
5. A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In our family of five, we have⟳ to do the laundry every other day.”

“Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place⟳.”

“You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.”

“Q. Did you use⟳ to do the washing around your house, too? / The Court: She did all the work⟳ of the house, I suppose⟳. / Mr. Feltenstein: That's what I want⟳ to find⟳ out. / A. I gave the laundry to the laundry. / Q. What? / A. I gave the wash⟳ to the laundry.”

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