launderette
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3.5
- noun
- /ˌlɔːndəˈrɛt/
- UK
:
lavandería autoservicio
- There is a new launderette that opened up just a few blocks from my apartment.
Examples
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She often reads a book while waiting for her clothes to finish at the launderette.
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I haven't had time to suss out the launderette or where the local post office is.
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Take your new clothes to the launderette, and when you come back here, you can put them on again.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's your turn to go to the launderette.
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We met in a launderette.
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You see, this launderette used to belong to my grandmother.
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Then you'll have to go to the launderette, won't you?
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Abbie, do you mind just grabbing a couple of the things from the bottom of the launderette basket?
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When Randall finally reached the city center over an hour later, he found a note from Margey tacked on a bulletin board in the launderette.
Fiction book (1996) -
I need to go to the launderette to wash my blankets and towels this weekend.
Synonyms
71
1.0
A place where people wash and iron clothes
43
3.2
A place with washing machines and dryers where people wash and dry clothes
How Commercial
71
1.0
- UK
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3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word launderette comes from launder, which means 'to wash clothes', and the small ending -ette, which means 'small' or 'little', like in kitchenette. So a launderette is a small place where people wash and dry their clothes themselves.