launder

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English

WOTD – 5 October 2007

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Etymology

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(deprecated template usage)

Contracted from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English lavender, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French lavandiere, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin lavandena, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin lavō (“I wash”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔːndə(ɹ), -ɑːndə(ɹ)

Noun

launder (plural launders)

  1. (obsolete) A washerwoman or washerman.
  2. (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.
  3. A trough or channel carrying water to the wheel of a watermill.
    Synonym: inlayer
  4. A gutter (for rainwater)

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Verb

launder (third-person singular simple present launders, present participle laundering, simple past and past participle laundered)

  1. To wash; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron.
  2. (obsolete) To lave; to wet.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  4. (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

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Middle English

Noun

launder

  1. Alternative form of lavender
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