how to pronounce laundry

/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/

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laundry is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of laundry in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… wicker laundry basket with loads of …”

meanings of laundry

noun:

A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
A laundering; a washing.
That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

laundry frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word laundry occurs in english on average 5.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.