laundry B2 Topic:House & Home US /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #3377 Meanings 1 noun Clothes and other items that need to be washed, or that have just been washed. You've left your dirty laundry all over the house. 2 noun The activity of washing clothes. In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day. 3 noun A place or business where clothes are washed and ironed. She dropped her shirts off at the laundry on the corner. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · clothes and other items... wash More laundrettelaundromatlavatorywashateriawashing Word family Forms laundries Derived forms laundry-marklaundrylesslaundrymaidlaundrymanlaundrymatlaundryownerlaundrywomannonlaundry Common collocations hang laundry Verb + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder. *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European lavendrie Middle English lavanderie Old French lavandaria Latin View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # laundry **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 3377 ## Meanings 1. Clothes and other items that need to be washed, or that have just been washed. 2. The activity of washing clothes. 3. A place or business where clothes are washed and ironed. ## Examples - You've left your dirty laundry all over the house. - In our family of five, we have to do the laundry every other day. - She dropped her shirts off at the laundry on the corner. ## Synonyms - laundrette - laundromat - lavatory - washateria - washing ## Derived Forms - laundry-mark - laundryless - laundrymaid - laundryman - laundrymat - laundryowner - laundrywoman - nonlaundry ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *lewh₃- - Root: lavendrie - Root: lavanderie - Root: lavandaria ## Etymology From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder. ## AI Etymology Laundry comes from Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder. The historical line also includes *lewh₃-. ## Topics - House & Home markdown