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launderette
  • n  a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
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laundering
  • n  washing clothes and bed linens
  • v  cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water
  • v  convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones
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laundromat
  • n  a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
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laundry
  • n  garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
  • n  workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
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laundry basket
  • n  a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
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laundry detergent
  • n  any of various detergents designed for use in a washing machine for clothing
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laurasia
  • n  a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia
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laurel
  • n  any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
  • n  United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
  • n  (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
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laurel-tree
  • n  small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
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laurel and hardy
  • n  United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together
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laurel cherry
  • n  frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
  • n  small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
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laurel oak
  • n  large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil
  • n  small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles
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laurel sumac
  • n  small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus
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