Laundry
Laundry is the washing of clothing.[1] Laundry is often done in a special room called a laundry room. Some shared homes have shared laundry rooms.[2] Businesses that wash clothes are called laundromats[2] or launderettes.
Laundry is done by washing with soap and water or detergent and water. The clothing is stirred roughly in the soapy water, and then moved to be rinsed in clean water. Washing can be done by hand or with a washing machine. The clothing is dried in a clothes dryer or on a clothesline. Sometimes after the clothes are dry, they are ironed or pressed.
Laundry Media
- Italian hanging laundry.jpg
Laundry is hung to dry above an Italian street.
- Laundry in Paris.jpg
A self-service laundry in Paris
- Laundry in the river.jpg
Laundry in the river in Abidjan, 2006
- Brogi, Carlo (1850-1925) - n. 12182 - Sanremo - Popolane al lavatojo.jpg
Washhouse in Sanremo, Italy, at about the turn of the 20th century
- Tanque das Lavandeiras - comunitario II.jpg
Washhouse in Cabeção, Portugal, today. Note the two basins and inclined stone lip.
- Mangle-Shorland-TOPMS 3377.jpg
A typical mangle of the early 20th Century
- Model Steam Laundry, Colfax, Washington, circa 1900 - DPLA - 458c069b157ffc5cf13674b5e41957c2.jpg
Model Steam Laundry, Colfax, Washington, c. 1900
- Woman's Friend - Indiana State Museum - DSC00433.JPG
The "Woman's Friend" washing machine, c. 1890 U.S.
- Clothes wringer.jpg
A clothes wringer and hand washing tubs
