launderette

-ette (English)

(Polari) Used to form nouns with a Polari context or an association with gay subculture.. Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.. Used to form nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something.. Used to form nouns meaning the female equivalent of.

launder (English)

(money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.. (obsolete) To lave; to wet.. To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron. (mining) A trough used by miners to receive powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus for comminuting (sorting) the ore.. (obsolete) A washerwoman or [...]

launderette (English)

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.