plural laundries
1
a
: a room for doing the family wash
b
: a commercial laundering establishment
2
: clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
Examples of laundry in a Sentence
There's a pile of dirty laundry in the laundry basket.
The patients' sheets are sent regularly to the hospital laundry.
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Joe Difazio, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Insignia dryer with sensor dry and my cycle memory: $549.99
An Insignia 6.7 cubic feet dryer is an average-sized dryer with 10 drying cycles for delicates, towels, everyday laundry and more.
—Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The Laundress makes a ton of other luxury laundry products, like a stain remover pretreatment, wool and cashmere spray, and a static-reducing fabric softener.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 18 Apr. 2025
Let towels soak for about 30 minutes, then rinse and wash in the laundry as usual.
—Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Laundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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laundry
noun
laun·dry
ˈlȯn-drē 
ˈlän-
plural laundries
1
: clothes or linens that have been or are to be laundered
2
: a place where laundering is done
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