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LAUNDRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Synonyms:
laundry; wash; washables; washing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
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)
Context examples:
But if all you wanted was money, why didn't you stay in the laundry?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He looked up the laundry for me, and he'll take you out and show you around.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and the laundry up there is one of them.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
You can take that laundry an' go to hell.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I come a here for a talk for old friends' sake, and you shove a laundry at me.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The room was situated over the laundry and was in the same building with the engine that pumped water, made electricity, and ran the laundry machinery.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Joe was delighted with the laundry.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"Sure; as soon as I get that laundry going."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Nevertheless, by his masterly operation and improvement of her kitchen- laundry he fell an immense distance in her regard.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It would have been easier had the intrusion been the Shelly Hot Springs laundry.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
