laundry

Definition

  • noun: clothes, towels, sheets, etc., that need to be washed or that have been washed
  • noun: a room for doing the family wash
  • synonyms: laundering, washing

Examples

  • Let's not 'air our dirty laundry' [=discuss our problems, make our problems known] in public.

  • The company is trying to keep its 'dirty laundry' from being aired/washed in public.

  • I have to 'do the laundry' today. [=to wash the dirty clothes, towels, etc.]

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