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Laundry vs Launderette - What's the difference?

laundry | launderette |

As nouns the difference between laundry and launderette

is that laundry is a laundering; a washing while launderette is a place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

laundry

English

(wikipedia laundry)

Noun

(laundries)
  • A laundering; a washing.
  • A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
  • That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
    • You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.

    Derived terms

    * dirty laundry * laundry basket * laundry chute * laundryless * laundry list * laundry mark * laundryman * laundrymat * laundrywoman

    launderette

    English

    Alternative forms

    * laundrette

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

    • Synonyms

    * laundromat only valid US spelling