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.
Recent Examples on the Web
At the same, despite decades of technical advancements and billions of dollars of investment, even the most advanced robot systems still struggle to do many everyday tasks humans take for granted like folding laundry or stacking blocks.
—
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
Once it’s opened, liquid laundry detergent should be used within six months for the best cleaning results and make that endless stream of laundry as easy as possible.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
My bed is unmade, a pile of unfolded laundry sits over my right shoulder, and a $9.99 Muhammad Ali poster hangs on my wall.
—thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
The Answer Could Make Fans Mad Pascal emerged as Joan’s first villain on The Golden Bachelorette after Episode 2 saw another contestant, Gregg Lassen, doing Pascal’s laundry as an apology for snoring so much.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for laundry 
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2024
Once it’s opened, liquid laundry detergent should be used within six months for the best cleaning results and make that endless stream of laundry as easy as possible.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
My bed is unmade, a pile of unfolded laundry sits over my right shoulder, and a $9.99 Muhammad Ali poster hangs on my wall.
—thehustle.co, 1 Nov. 2024
The Answer Could Make Fans Mad Pascal emerged as Joan’s first villain on The Golden Bachelorette after Episode 2 saw another contestant, Gregg Lassen, doing Pascal’s laundry as an apology for snoring so much.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for laundry
Articles Related to laundry
Dictionary Entries Near laundry
Cite this Entry
“Laundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laundry. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share