launder

Contracted from Middle English lavender, from Old French lavandiere, from Late Latin lavandena, from Latin lavō (“I wash”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːndə/
• (some accents) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːndə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔndɚ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑndɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːndə(ɹ), -ɑːndə(ɹ)

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 gutter (for rainwater)

• (washerwoman): launderer, laundress, washerwoman

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.

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3. (money) To disguise the source of (ill-gotten wealth) by various means.

• money laundering

• launderer
• launderette
• laundress
• laundry
• lave

• Arundel, lurdane, rundale

launder

1. Alternative form of lavender