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.]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Oh, come on Pascal, it's not so bad in there. *Sings "When will my life begin"* *Start on the chores I sweep 'til the floors all clean.* *Polish and wax, do laundry and mop and shine up.* *Sweep again, and by then it's like .* *So I'll read a book, or maybe two or three.* (..)
    2010 Tangled