The difference between Laundromat and Laundry

When used as nouns, laundromat means a self-service laundry facility with coin-operated washing machines, dryers, and sometimes ironing or pressing machines, open to the public for washing clothing and household cloth items, whereas laundry means a laundering.


check bellow for the other definitions of Laundromat and Laundry

  1. Laundromat as a noun (US, Canada):

    A self-service laundry facility with coin-operated washing machines, dryers, and sometimes ironing or pressing machines, open to the public for washing clothing and household cloth items.

  1. Laundry as a noun:

    A laundering; a washing.

  2. Laundry as a noun:

    A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

  3. Laundry as a noun:

    That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

    Examples:

    "You've left your dirty laundry all over the house."