laundry
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- noun
- /ˈlɔːndri/
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- After doing my laundry, I enjoy the fresh smell of clean clothes.
- a load of laundry
- laundry machine
- cleaning and laundry
I'm going to shower, do some laundry, you know, I don't fucking know, man.
- I'm going to shower, do some laundry, you know, I don't fucking know, man.
- And I don't know, my mum did my laundry, I didn't do my laundry.
- And even like tasks like gardening and doing laundry, all these kind of things.
Examples
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I'm tired of socks coming out of the laundry missing.
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I have to finish the McLeans' laundry first.
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Dude, imagine how much laundry you can get done.
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Two boxes done, my laundry is done.
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Would I rather do laundry or do the dishes?
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And then I'm also going to sort out some laundry, which is very much needed.
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Then she walked out of the room with a stack of laundry in her arms.
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Please don't forget to take your laundry out of the machine this time.
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Speaking of folding, I have to go do laundry.
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Trish found a gold pen in the laundry.
Synonyms
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Clothes and sheets that need cleaning or were just cleaned
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Clothes and linens that are being washed or were just washed
Idioms
- Informal
To talk about private, embarrassing things in front of other people
Compounds
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Etymology
Laundry for the clothes and sheets that need washing comes from an old French word lavanderie, which comes from Latin lavare 'to wash'. So laundry simply means the clothes that are to be washed.