Laundry

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlÉ”n.dri/
• Northern Cities Vowel Shift IPA: ˈlÉ‘n.dɹi
• some accents without cot-caught merger IPA: /ˈlÉ‘n.dri/
• cot-caught IPA: /ˈlÉ‘n.dri/

Origin

From Old French lavanderie. See launder.

Full definition of laundry

Noun

1. A laundering; a washing.
2. A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
3. That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

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