noun.
A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.
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noun.
a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
Word Usage
"When we had to wash clothes after a week or so, we thought about driving home, do the washing and come back - but we stayed consequent and went to a launderette."