noun
Meaning 1
A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sinkhouse
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
washhouse
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noun
Meaning 2
A public laundry.
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noun
Meaning 3
A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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noun
Meaning 4
A public facility where people could wash themselves and their clothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
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noun
Meaning 5
a building or outbuilding where laundry is done
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laundry
History
Etymology
From Old English wæsċhūs, equivalent to wash + house.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Choctaw: aboha nan aiachefa — a building used as a laundry
- Danish: vaskehus — a building used as a laundry
- Finnish: pesula — a building used as a laundry
- Finnish: pesutupa — a building used as a laundry
- French: lavoir — a building used as a laundry
- German: Waschhaus — a building used as a laundry
- German: Lavoir — a building used as a laundry
- German: Waschhütte — a building used as a laundry
- Italian: lavatoio — a building used as a laundry
- Macedonian: пералница (peralnica) — a building used as a laundry
- Macedonian: перална (peralna) — a building used as a laundry
- Portuguese: lavadouro — a building used as a laundry
- Portuguese: lavadoiro — a building used as a laundry
- Portuguese: tanque — a building used as a laundry
- Upper Sorbian: płokarnja — a building used as a laundry
- Spanish: lavadero — a building used as a laundry
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