laundry

CEFRB1

/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/

noun

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noun
Clothes and other items that need washing or have been washed.
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noun
Extra detail
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
A laundering; a washing.
A business whose primary purpose is to conceal the origins of money received illegally.

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Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place.
1883, Henry J. Winser, The Yellowstone National Park-A Manual for Tourists, New York: G.P. Putnam Sons, page 46
Q. Did you use to do the washing around your house, too? / The Court: She did all the work of the house, I suppose. / Mr. Feltenstein: That's what I want to find out. / A. I gave the laundry to the laundry. / Q. What? / A. I gave the wash to the laundry.
1935, New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs., page 69

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From Middle English lavendrie, from Old French lavanderie, from Latin lavandaria. See launder.