laundry

English

/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/, [ˈlɑn.dɹi], /ˈlɑn.dɹi/

noun
Definitions
  • A laundering; a washing.
  • A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
  • That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lavendrye derived from Old French lavanderie derived from Latin lavandaria root from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (wash, bathe, cut off, separate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*lewh₃-

Gloss

wash, bathe, cut off, separate

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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