Launder vs. Laundry

Laundernoun

(obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.

Laundernoun

(mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.

Laundernoun

A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.

Laundernoun

A gutter (for rainwater).

Launderverb

To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.

Launderverb

(obsolete) To lave; to wet.

Launderverb

(money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

Laundernoun

A washerwoman.

Laundernoun

A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.

Launderverb

To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.

Launderverb

To lave; to wet.

Launderverb

cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water;

Launderverb

convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones

Laundrynoun

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

Laundrynoun

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

Laundrynoun

That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

Laundrynoun

A laundering; a washing.

Laundrynoun

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

Laundrynoun

A business establishment where clothing is laundered for a fee.

Laundrynoun

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.

Laundrynoun

garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Laundrynoun

workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

Laundry

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.