Laundry vs. Launderette — What's the Difference?

Laundry refers to the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with this universal human need are of interest to several branches of scholarship.

A self-service laundry.

Soiled or laundered clothes and linens; wash.

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

A commercial establishment for laundering clothes or linens.

A money laundering operation.

A room or area, as in a house, for doing the wash.

A self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers

A laundering; a washing.Can we get some quotes for this sense, and maybe improve its def?

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.

A penalty flag.

A laundering; a washing.

A place or room where laundering is done; a laundry room.

A business establishment where clothing is laundered for a fee.

A collection of items such as articles of clothing or bed linens that need to be laundered, or have just been laundered; as, put the dirty laundry in the basket and take it downstairs; hang the laundry out to dry.

Garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Workplace where clothes are washed and ironed