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Launderette

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A self-service laundry.

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

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"When we had to wash clothes after a week or so, we thought about driving home, do the washing and come back - but we stayed consequent and went to a launderette."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

laundry

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

laundromat

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