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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024laun•der /ˈlɔndɚ, ˈlɑn-/USA pronunciation v. - to wash (clothes, linens, etc.); to wash and iron (clothes): [~ + object]She laundered the sheets.[no object]He spent the whole day laundering.
- to undergo washing and ironing:[no object]The shirt didn't launder well.
- Informal Terms[~ + object]
- to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), as by sending through a foreign bank.
laun•der•er, n. [countable] laun•dress /ˈlɔndrɪs, ˈlɑn-/USA pronunciation n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024laun•der (lôn′dər, län′-),USA pronunciation v.t. - to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
- to wash and iron (clothes).
- Informal Terms
- to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries.
- to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries.
- to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable:He'll have to launder his image if he wants to run for office.
v.i. - to wash laundry.
- to undergo washing and ironing:The shirt didn't launder well.
n. - Metallurgy(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
- Metallurgya channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle.
- Medieval Latin lavandārius (masculine), lavandāria (feminine), equivalent. to Latin lavand- (gerund, gerundive stem of lavāre to wash) + -ārius, -āria -ary; see -er2)
- Middle French lavandier(e)
- 1300–50; 1970–75 for def. 3; Middle English: launderer, syncopated variant of lavandere, lavendere washer of linen
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