Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well.
In the US, I've only ever heard "laundry," never "the washing." (Although I have heard "the wash," but "laundry" is most common in the US.)
To launder is to wash your clothes or other things made from cloth, like sheets and towels.
Laundry is used to refer to clothes, sheets, and towels that are about to be washed, are being washed, or have just been washed. I'll do your laundry.
A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a machine designed to launder clothing.
1. : a flat thin ring or a perforated plate used in joints or assemblies to ensure tightness, prevent leakage, or relieve friction. 2. : one that washes. especially : washing machine.
I am English and would usually say 'do the wash' or 'do the washing,' although people here do say laundry sometimes. We say it because England was conquered by Normans from France >1000 years ago, and words like 'laundry' that mean normal things like 'washing' came from their language.
They're also sometimes known as New York laundries due to the innovative and space-saving apartment-style solutions required there. A European laundry is essentially a smaller laundry space that's incorporated into another part of the house rather than being its own standalone room.
In the 21st century, slang senses of washed up and washed out dropped, apparently, their prepositions, e.g., washed for “irrelevant” “out of fashion.” You know you're washed when you're out and all you can think about is going to bed 😩
Polite houseguests in the U.S. will offer to do the dishes (wash and dry the dishes) after a meal. The British equivalent do the washing-up is confusing to many Americans for whom the verb wash up usually means to wash yourself, especially your hands and face.
Laundry is 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.
A laundry list is "a usually long list of items," and it's used to refer to lists of varying kinds: Indeed, ask any bartender about the most memorable first dates they've witnessed, and you'll get a laundry list of cringe-worthy encounters. They've seen women spring from barstools mid-date and storm out.
From here this little set of words evolved to give us the old French word lavanderie, which is itself a name for a place where people who washed laundry -unsurprisingly called lavandiers- would work. English took its version from the French by the way.
A washcloth, wash cloth, washrag (American English), or flannel (British English) is a rectangular or square piece of cloth used in washing the body.
◊ Laundry was the primary household responsibility of 76% of women and 24% of men in a Whirlpool survey of 2,500 consumers; some 78% of those surveyed do approximately nine loads of laundry each week.
A person who washes clothes is called a dhobi , washerman or laundryman.
Okay, but should you be rinsing the soap off your dishes? The short answer: Yes.
(also clothesline especially in North American English) (also line North American English, British English) (British English also washing line)
: a cleansing agent: such as. a. : soap. b. : any of numerous synthetic water-soluble or liquid organic preparations that are chemically different from soaps but are able to emulsify oils, hold dirt in suspension, and act as wetting agents.
A washerwoman or laundress is a woman who takes in laundry.
washcloth. The word washcloth is an Americanism that combines the words wash and cloth. In the UK, the terms face cloth or flannel are much more likely to be used to describe towels or cloths used to wash the face and body.