English Explanatory Dictionary

washhouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
  2. A public laundry.
  3. A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room.
  4. A public facility where people could wash themselves and their clothes.

Word forms

washhouse washhouses wash house

Etymology

From Old English wæsċhūs, equivalent to wash + house.

Synonyms

sinkhouse

Related words

backhouse washery
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