washhouse.
A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
Meaning & usage
A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
A public laundry.
A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room.
A public facility where people could wash themselves and their clothes.
Where this word comes from
From Old English wæsċhūs, equivalent to wash + house.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.