laundry

Everyday

1. Clothes, sheets and towels that need washing or have just been washed. tree →
2. The job of washing them. tree →
3. A room or a business where clothes are washed. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, children help with the laundry: sorting colours from whites, hanging washing out, folding and putting it away. In safety lessons, laundry detergent pods and powders are poisonous — never touch or eat them, and keep them away from small children. In science, washing shows how soap removes grease and how wet clothes dry by evaporation. Phrases: «do the laundry», «laundry basket», «dirty laundry», «laundry room».

Examples

• Put your dirty socks in the laundry basket. tree →
• Dad does the laundry on Sundays. tree →
• Help me fold the clean laundry. tree →
• The laundry dried quickly on the line in the sun. tree →
• Laundry pods look like sweets but are poisonous. tree →
• Our flats have a shared laundry in the basement. tree →
• Sort the laundry into dark and light colours. tree →
• The hotel sends the sheets to a laundry. tree →

Note

Uncountable for the clothes: «a lot of laundry», not «laundries». Similar: «washing» (British). Don't air dirty laundry in public means don't talk about private family problems to everyone.