Laundry vs Lavatory - What's the difference?
laundry | lavatory |
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.
A bathroom; a washroom; a room containing a toilet.
* 2003 , Gauvin A. Bailey, Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565-1610 , University of Toronto Press,
* 2003 , Rob Rachowiecki, Danny Palmerlee, Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands ,
A facility for washing hands; a basin.
* 2005 , Michael W. Litchfield, Renovation ,
* 2010 , Chris Peterson, Black & Decker: The Complete Guide to Bathrooms , Third Edition,
* 2011 , Sharon Koomen Harmon, Katherine E. Kennon, The Codes Guidebook for Interiors ,
(UK, New England) A toilet, a water closet.
* 1997 , , The Plague of Fantasies , Verso, London,
(dated) Washing, or cleansing by washing.
As nouns the difference between laundry and lavatory
is that laundry is a laundering; a washing while lavatory is a bathroom; a washroom; a room containing a toilet.As an adjective lavatory is
(dated) washing, or cleansing by washing.laundry
English
(wikipedia laundry)Noun
(laundries)- 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 * laundrywomanlavatory
English
Noun
(lavatories)page 61,
- Even the lavatory , a vestibule to the refectory through which the novices would pass on their way to the recreation room, boasted a painting cycle.
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- People needing to use the lavatory often ask to use the baño in a restaurant; toilet paper is rarely available, so the experienced traveler always carries a personal supply.
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- Lavatories (bathroom sinks) are available in a blizzard of colors, materials, and styles.
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- If your lavatory doesn?t have a predrilled flange, the great advantage to the widespread configuration is that you gain flexibility in locating your spout and handles (probably a bigger advantage for tubs than for lavatories).
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- Anywhere a water closet is used, a lavatory (ie, hand-washing sink) must also be installed.
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- In a traditional German lavatory', the hole in which shit disappears after we flush water is way in front, so that the shit is first laid out for us to sniff at and inspect for traces of some illness; in the typical French '''lavatory''', on the contrary, the hole is in the back - that is, the shit is supposed to disappear as soon as possible; finally, the Anglo-Saxon (English or American) ' lavatory presents a kind of synthesis, a mediation between these two opposed poles - the basin is full of water so that the shit floats in it - visible, but not to be inspected.