Launderette (Noun)
Meaning
A self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The student popped down to the launderette to wash her dirty clothes between lectures.
- On a rainy Sunday, Sarah spent the afternoon at the launderette doing a big load of laundry.
- You can find the launderette on the ground floor of our apartment building, just next to the storage rooms.
- He moved into a new flat last week but the washer was on the fritz, so he took his clothes to the launderette.
- After a long camping trip, we stopped at a launderette on the way home to get our dirty clothes clean.