- [uncountable] clothes, sheets, etc. that need washing, that are being washed, or that have been washed recently synonym washing
- a pile of clean/dirty laundry
- a laundry basket/room
- There was a pile of clean laundry on her bed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- dirty
- pile
- do
- wash
- fold
- …
- bag
- basket
- hamper
- …
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- [uncountable, singular] the process or the job of washing clothes, sheets, etc.
- Have you done the laundry yet?
- The hotel has a laundry service.
Extra Examples- The housekeeper cooks, does the laundry and cleans.
- The hotel offers a free laundry service.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- dirty
- pile
- do
- wash
- fold
- …
- bag
- basket
- hamper
- …
- [countable] a business or place where you send sheets, clothes, etc. to be washed
- the hospital laundry
- a laundry van
Word Originearly 16th cent.: contraction of Middle English lavendry, from Old French lavanderie, from lavandier ‘person who washes linen’, based on Latin lavanda ‘things to be washed’, from lavare ‘to wash’.
Idioms
See laundry in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryair/wash your dirty laundry/linen in public
- (disapproving) to discuss your personal affairs in public, especially something embarrassing
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