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Meaning of Washhouse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
  2. A public laundry.
  3. A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room.
    New-Zealand
  4. A public facility where people could wash themselves and their clothes.

Equivalents

العربية المصبغة
Dansk vaskehus
Español lavadero
Français lavoir
Italiano lavatoio
Македонски перална пералница

Examples

“Now I'll see things walking a road that fifty other men would miss. I'll give you an instance, connected with the robbery of a wash-house copper."”
“[…] the washhouses complied with the Factory and Workshops Act of 1907.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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