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laun·dry

(lôn′drē, län′-)
n. pl. laun·dries
1. Soiled or laundered clothes and linens; wash.
2.
a. A commercial establishment for laundering clothes or linens.
b. A room or area, as in a house, for doing the wash.

[Middle English lavendrye, laundry, from Old French lavanderie, from lavandier; see launder.]
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laundry

(ˈlɔːndrɪ)
n, pl -dries
1. a place where clothes and linen are washed and ironed
2. the clothes or linen washed and ironed
3. the act of laundering
[C16: changed from C14 lavendry; see launder]
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laun•dry

(ˈlɔn dri, ˈlɑn-)

n., pl. -dries.
1. articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
2. a business establishment where clothes, linens, etc., are laundered.
3. a room or area, as in a home or apartment building, reserved for doing the family wash.
[1350–1400; < Middle French lavanderie]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:laundry - garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering]laundry - garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
household linen, white goods - drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth
2. laundry - workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
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
workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"
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Translations
مَغْسَلَهمَلابِس مُعَدَّة للغَسيل
prádloprádelnapraní
vasketøjvaskeri
pyykkipesulapesutupa
pranjepraonicarublje
mosoda
òvottahúsòvottur, tau
洗濯物
세탁소
perilopralnica
tvätt
เสื้อผ้าที่กําลังจะซัก
hiệu giặt

laundry

[ˈlɔːndrɪ]
A. N
1. (= clothes, dirty) → ropa f sucia, ropa f para lavar ; (= clean) → ropa f lavada, colada f
to do the laundryhacer la colada, lavar la ropa
2. (= establishment) → lavandería f; (domestic) → lavadero m
B. CPD laundry basket Ncesto m de la ropa sucia
laundry list Nlista f de ropa para lavar
laundry mark Nmarca f de lavandería
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

laundry

[ˈlɔːndri] n
(= clothes) → linge m
to do the laundry → faire la lessive
see also dirty
(= place, shop) → blanchisserie f; (in hospital, house)blanchisserie flaundry basket npanier m à linge
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

laundry

n (= establishment)Wäscherei f; (= clothes) (dirty) → schmutzige Wäsche ; (washed) → Wäsche f; to do the laundry(Wäsche) waschen

laundry

:
laundry bag
nWäschesack m
laundry basket
nWäschekorb m
laundry list
n (fig)lange Liste f; (of wants) → Wunschzettel m
laundryman
nWäschemann m (inf)
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laundry

[ˈlɔːndrɪ] n (establishment) → lavanderia ; (clothes) → bucato, biancheria
to do the laundry → fare il bucato, lavare la biancheria
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launder

(ˈloːndə) verb
to wash and iron. to launder clothes. was يَغْسِل وَيَكْوي пера и гладя lavar vyprat a vyžehlit waschen und bügeln vaske og stryge πλένω και σιδερώνω lavar, blanquear pesema-triikima شستن و اتو کشیدن pyykätä blanchir לְכַבֵּס कपडे़ धोना, सुखाना और प्रेस करना, काले धन को सफेद करना prati i glačati rublje (ki)mos és vasal mencuci dan menyetrika þvo og strauja lavare, 洗たくする (옷 등을) 빨다 skalbti (ir lyginti) mazgāt un gludināt veļu mendobi wassen en strijken vaske og stryke prać i prasować پريمينځل او اتو كول lavar a spăla şi a călca стирать и гладить vyprať a vyžehliť prati in likati prati veš tvätta och stryka ซักรีด yıkayıp ütülemek 洗熨(衣服) прати і прасувати دھونا اور استری کرنا giặt là 洗烫(衣服)
laund(e)rette (loːnˈdret) noun
a shop where customers may wash clothes in washing-machines. selfbedienwassery مَحَل لِغَسْل الثِّياب في غَسّالات أوتوماتيكيَّه пералня lavanderia samoobslužná prádelna die Schnellwäscherei møntvaskeri πλυντήριο με αυτοεξυπηρέτηση lavandería automática selvepesula خشکشویی pesula laverie automatique מִכבָּסָה אוֹטוֹמָטִית लांड्री, मंशनी में कपड़ा धुलने का स्थान praonica rublja (önkiszolgáló) mosószalon pencuci otomatis almenningsþvottahús með sjálfsafgreiðslu lavanderia a gettone コインランドリー 셀프서비스 세탁소 savitarnos skalbykla pašapkalpes veļas mazgātava kedai dobi layan diri wasserette selvbetjeningsvaskeri pralnia samoobsługowa دكالو مينځلو دوكان lavandaria spălătorie (automată) прачечная самообслуживания (samoobslužná) práčovňa ekspresna pralnica perionica tvättomat ร้านซักรีด çamaşırhane 自動洗衣店 пральня зі самообслуговуванням ایسی دکان جہاں لوگ مشین میں اپنے کپڑے دھو سکتے ہیں cửa hàng giặt là 自动洗衣店
ˈlaundress noun
a woman employed to launder. wasvrou, skoonmaakster عامِلَة تَعْمَل في الغَسيل перачка lavadeira pradlena die Wäscherin vaskekone πλύστρα lavandera pesunaine رختشور pyykkäri blanchisseur/-euse כּוֹבֶסֶת धोबिन pralja mosónő wanita pencuci þvottakona lavandaia 洗たく女 (직업적인) 세탁부(婦) skalbėja veļas mazgātāja tukang cuci wasvrouw vaskerihjelp praczka ډوبى،جامى پريمينځونكى lavadeira spălătoreasă прачка práčka perica pralja tvätterska พนักงานซักรีด çamaşırcı kadın 洗衣女工 прачка, праля کپڑے دھونے اور استری کرنے والی پیشہ ور عورت thợ giặt là 洗衣女工
ˈlaundryplural laundries noun
1. a place where clothes etc are washed, especially in return for payment. She took the sheets to the laundry; a hospital laundry. wassery مَغْسَلَه пералня lavanderia prádelna die Wäscherei vaskeri; -vaskeri πλυντήριο lavandería pesumaja خشکشویی pesula blanchisserie מכבסה धुलाई वाले कपडे़ praona mosoda binatu þvottahús lavanderia クリーニング屋 세탁소 skalbykla veļas mazgātava kedai dobi wasserij vaskeri pralnia دكالو مينځلو دوكان lavandaria spălătorie прачечная práčovňa pralnica perionica tvätteri ร้านซักรีด çamaşırhane 洗衣店 пральня کپڑے دھونے کی جگہ cửa hàng giặt lả 洗衣店
2. clothes etc which have been, or are to be, washed. a bundle of laundry. wasgoed مَلابِس مُعَدَّة للغَسيل пране roupa suja prádlo die Wäsche vasketøj μπουγάδα ropa sucia pesu رخت های شستنی pyykit linge כביסה धुले कपड़े odjeća za pranje szennyes cucian þvottur, tau bucato 洗たくもの 세탁물 skalbiniai mazgājamā/tikko izmazgātā veļa kain kotor wasgoed vask, vasketøy pranie د پريوللووړ جامى roupa suja rufe бельё bielizeň perilo (za pranje) veš za pranje tvätt เสื้อผ้าใช้แล้ว çamaşır 待洗或已洗好衣物 прання دھلے ہوئے کپڑے quần áo đưa giặt 待洗或已洗好衣物
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laundry

مَلابِسَ مَغْسُولَةٌ أَوْ مُعَدَّةٌ لِلْغَسْلِ prádlo vasketøj Wäsche μπουγάδα colada , lavandería pyykki lessive rublje bucato 洗濯物 세탁소 wasgoed klesvask pralnia roupa para lavar прачечная tvätt เสื้อผ้าที่กําลังจะซัก çamaşır hiệu giặt 要洗的衣服
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
Laundry
→ Praní prádla
→ Vasketøj
Wäsche
→ Pyykki
→ Pranje rublja
Bucato
→ 洗濯・クリーニング
→ 세탁
De was
Tøyvask
Pralnia
→ Tvätt
→ ซักรีดผ้า
→ Giặt là
洗衣
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References in classic literature ?
Out in the country, at the Belmont Academy, I went to work in a small, perfectly appointed steam laundry. Another fellow and myself did all the work from sorting and washing to ironing the white shirts, collars and cuffs, and the "fancy starch" of the wives of the professors.
I had brought a trunkful to the laundry, but found myself unable to read them.
"This is a small laundry, up country, belongs to Shelly Hot Springs, - hotel, you know.
The dancing pavilion was put up near the Danish laundry, on a vacant lot surrounded by tall, arched cottonwood trees.
"And I couldn't bear to have you give up your lessons; and I got a place ironing shirts in that big Twentyfourth street laundry. And I think I did very well to make up both General Pinkney and Clementina, don't you, Joe?
Rebecca and Emma Jane offered to go two or three miles in some one direction and see what they could do in the way of stirring up a popular demand for the Snow-White and Rose-Red brands, the former being devoted to laundry purposes and the latter being intended for the toilet.
Two blocks from the laundry, where an arc-light showed a gang of toughs on the corner, Saxon quickened her pace.
This stream had been the good angel of my thoughts all the day, keeping them ever moving and ever fresh, cleansing and burnishing them, quite an open-air laundry of the mind.
It all seemed to her a far simpler matter: all that was needed, as Marya Philimonovna had explained, was to give Brindle and Whitebreast more food and drink, and not to let the cook carry all the kitchen slops to the laundry maid's cow.
Edna found her friend engaged in assorting the clothes which had returned that morning from the laundry. She at once abandoned her occupation upon seeing Edna, who had been ushered without ceremony into her presence.
Nothing has been too small to escape him, and you may be sure that if Charles Strickland left a laundry bill unpaid it will be given you in extenso , and if he forebore to return a borrowed half-crown no detail of the transaction will be omitted.
"A man for the laundry, sir, and a person to test the electric light."

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