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This is a list of laundry topics.
Laundry Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with this u ...
is the washing of clothing and
linens Linens, also referred to uncountably as linen, are fabric household goods intended for daily use, such as bedding, tablecloths, and towels. "Linens" may also refer to church linens, meaning the altar cloths used in church. History The earlies ...
(e.g. sheets and towels). Laundry processes are often done in a business, room or area in a home or apartment building, reserved for that purpose; this is referred to as a
laundry room A laundry room or utility room is a room (architecture), room where clothes are washed, and sometimes also drying room, dried. In a modern home, laundry rooms are often equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a l ...
. The material that is being washed, or has been laundered, is also generally referred to as ''laundry''.


Laundry topics


Chemicals

* Biological detergent – laundry detergent that contains
enzymes An enzyme () is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as pro ...
harvested from micro-organisms such as bacteria adapted to live in
hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...
s.www.spolem.co.uk: Industrial uses of enzymes
 The description is commonly used in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. *
Bleach Bleach is the generic name for any chemical product that is used industrially or domestically to remove color from (i.e. to whiten) fabric or fiber (in a process called bleaching) or to disinfect after cleaning. It often refers specifically t ...
*
Fabric softener A fabric softener (American English) or fabric conditioner (British English) is a conditioner applied to laundry after it has been washed in a washing machine. A similar, more dilute preparation meant to be applied to dry fabric is known as a wrin ...
*
Laundry detergent Laundry detergent is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) used for cleaning dirty laundry (clothes). Laundry detergent is manufactured in powder (washing powder) and liquid form. While powdered and liquid detergents hold roughly equal share of ...


Washing

* Combo washer dryer *
Dry cleaning Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for clothing and textiles using a solvent other than water. Clothes are instead soaked in a water-free liquid solvent (usually non-polar, as opposed to water which is a Solvent#Solvent classifications, polar ...
* Posser or washing dolly, a tool for agitating the wet fabric * Washboard and
washing paddle The washing paddle (or washing beetle, battledore, laundry bat), known as ''thaapi'' in Haryanvi and Hindi languages, is a hand tool used to do laundry. It is made of wood, shaped like a baker's peel, but with a much shorter handle used as a gr ...
, also known under many other names *
Wash copper Wash or the Wash may refer to: Industry and sanitation * WASH or WaSH, "water, sanitation and hygiene", three related public health issues * Wash (distilling), the liquid produced by the fermentation step in the production of distilled beverages ...
, a portable or built-in boiler *
Washing machine A washing machine (laundry machine, clothes washer, washer, or simply wash) is a machine designed to laundry, launder clothing. The term is mostly applied to machines that use water. Other ways of doing laundry include dry cleaning (which uses ...
*
Wet cleaning Wet cleaning refers to methods of professional cleaning that, in contrast to traditional dry cleaning, avoids the use of organic solvents, the most common of which is tetrachloroethylene (commonly called perchloroethylene or "perc"). Proponents o ...
, a
retronym A retronym is a newer name for something that differentiates it from something else that is newer, similar, or seen in everyday life; thus, avoiding confusion between the two. Etymology The term ''retronym'', a neologism composed of the combi ...
meaning "not dry cleaning"


Drying

* Airing cupboard *
Clothes dryer A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, drying device, or simply dryer) is a powered Home appliance, household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in ...
* Clothes horse or drying rack or many other names *
Clothes line A clothes line, also spelled clothesline, also known as a wash line, is a device for hanging clothes on for the purpose of drying or airing out the articles. It is made of any type of rope, cord, wire, or twine that has been stretched bet ...
* Drying cabinet * Hills Hoist * Kitchen maid (pulley airer) *
Mangle (machine) A mangle is a mechanical laundry aid consisting of two rollers in a sturdy frame, connected by cogs and (in its home version) powered by a hand crank or by electricity. Mangles are used to press or flatten sheets, tablecloths, kitchen towels, ...
* Sheila Maid * Winter Dyke


Finishing

* Box mangle * Fluff and Fold, a service provided by commercial laundrettes *
Ironing Ironing is the use of an iron (appliance), iron, usually heated, to remove wrinkles and unwanted creases from fabric. The heating is commonly done to a temperature of , depending on the fabric. Ironing works by loosening the bonds between the lon ...
* Tunnel finisher


Industrial

*
Industrial laundry Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with this uni ...
** Tunnel washer File:Industrial laundry sorting.jpg,
Industrial laundry Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with this uni ...
sorting File:Industrial laundry linen press, exit.jpg, The unloading side of a dryer in an industrial laundry which dries the linen File:Jensen Supercentro feeder.jpg, A feeder where linen is placed and which takes the linen to the ironer and folder


Concepts

Some of these relate more to
textile manufacturing Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ...
than laundry, but there is overlap in how wet cloth is processed. *
Color fastness Colour fastness is a term—used in the dyeing of textile materials—that characterizes a material's colour's resistance to fading or running. Colour fastness is the property of dyes and it is directly proportional to the binding force between pho ...
, the degree to which a textile retains its color without fading or bleeding *
Fulling Fulling, also known as tucking or walking ( Scots: ''waukin'', hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate ( lanolin) oils, ...
– a step in making
woollen Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool. Woolen yarn is soft, light, stretchy, and full of air. It is thus a good insulator, and makes a good knitting yarn. Woolen yarn is in contrast t ...
cloth - cleaning the fleece to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker. * Posting, trampling or treading wet clothing * Shrinkage *
Stain A stain is a discoloration that can be clearly distinguished from the surface, material, or medium it is found upon. They are caused by the chemical or physical interaction of two dissimilar materials. Accidental staining may make materials app ...


Organizations

* Dry Cleaning and Laundry International * Dry Cleaning Institute of Australia * Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance * Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union * Laundry Workers Industrial Union * Magdalene asylum * Project Laundry List – a
New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
group that encourages the outdoor drying of clothes * Worshipful Company of Launderers – a
livery company A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London, England. Livery companies comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are Style (form of a ...
in the
City of London The City of London, also known as ''the City'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county and Districts of England, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in England. It is the Old town, his ...
that promotes the profession of the launderers by awarding
scholarship A scholarship is a form of Student financial aid, financial aid awarded to students for further education. Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, Multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion, athleti ...
s to laundry students.


Companies

* 5àsec - a French franchise network * Washio (company) - defunct laundry delivery service * SudShare - an American app-based laundry cleaning and delivery company


Culture

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Dadeumi ''Dadeumi'' () or ''dadeumijil'' () is a Korean traditional ironing method where two women knelt on the floor, facing each other across a smoothing stone, beating out a rhythm on the cloth to press out its wrinkles and soften it. ''Dadeumi'' requ ...
, the traditional Korean practice of rhythmically beating cloth, associated with the hardships of a woman's life * ''
Dhobi Dhobi known in some places as Dhoba, Rajaka, a Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, scheduled caste in India and the greater Indian subcontinent whose traditional occupations are Clothes washing, washing, ironing, and Farmworker, agricultur ...
wallah'', or ''dhobi'', the washermen in South Central Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc.), and their
caste A caste is a Essentialism, fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (en ...
group, historically associated with washing clothes * '' Fullo'', the Latin word for a person washing laundry *
Washerwoman A washerwoman or laundress is a woman who takes in laundry. Both terms are now old-fashioned; equivalent work nowadays is done by a laundry worker in large commercial premises, or a laundrette (laundromat) attendant, who helps with handling w ...
or laundress *
Housekeeping Housekeeping is the management and routine support activities of running and maintaining an organized physical institution occupied or used by people, like a house, ship, hospital or factory, such as cleaning, tidying/organizing, cooking, shopp ...
* Laundry symbols


Accessories

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Clothes hanger A clothes hanger, coat hanger, or coathanger, or simply a hanger, is a hanging device in the shape/contour of: * Human shoulders designed to facilitate the hanging of a coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blouse or dress in a manner that prevents ...
*
Clothes iron A clothes iron (also flatiron, smoothing iron, dry iron, steam iron or simply iron) is a small appliance that, when heated, is used to press Clothing, clothes to remove Wrinkle, wrinkles and unwanted creases. Domestic irons generally range in o ...
*
Clothespin A clothespin (US English) or clothes peg (UK English), also spelled "clothes pin" is a fastener used to hang up clothes for drying, usually on a clothes line. Clothespins come in many different designs. Design During the 1700s laundry was ...
* Dispensing ball * Dryer ball * Hamper * Laundry ball *
Laundry basket A laundry basket is a basket used for storing clean or dirty clothes, for storage before washing and drying, or for transporting clothes. They are used to keep clean and dirty laundry collected and organised, and can prevent clothes from gett ...


Law

* Barbier v. Connolly * Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States *
Muller v. Oregon ''Muller v. Oregon'', 208 U.S. 412 (1908), was a list of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court. Women were permitted by state mandate fewer working h ...
* Pearson v. Chung *
Yick Wo v. Hopkins ''Yick Wo v. Hopkins'', 118 U.S. 356 (1886), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that a ''prima facie'' race-neutral law administered in a prejudicial manner infringed upon the right to equal prote ...


Places

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Baths and wash houses in Britain Baths and wash houses available for public use in Britain were first established in Liverpool. St. George's Pier Head salt-water baths were opened in 1828 by the Corporation of Liverpool, with the first known warm fresh-water public wash house b ...
, public places that included facilities for washing the body as well as clothes * '' Dhobi ghat'', any open-air washing-place in southern central Asia * Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, a well-known open air laundry in
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
, India. *
Laundry room A laundry room or utility room is a room (architecture), room where clothes are washed, and sometimes also drying room, dried. In a modern home, laundry rooms are often equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a l ...
, in a private dwelling *
Lavoir A lavoir (, wash-house) is a public place set aside for the washing of clothes. Communal washing places were common in Europe until industrial washing was introduced, and this process in turn was replaced by domestic washing machines and by s ...
, a public open-air wash-house in a village *
Self-service laundry A self-service laundry, coin laundry, or coin wash, is a facility where clothes and some household textiles are washed and dried without much personalized professional help. They are known in the United Kingdom as launderettes or laundrettes, ...
, also known as a coin wash, laundromat, washeteria, laundrette * ''
Tvättstuga A laundry room or utility room is a room where clothes are washed, and sometimes also dried. In a modern home, laundry rooms are often equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a large basin, called a ''laundry tu ...
'', a shared laundry room in a hall of residence or block of flats *
Utility room A utility room is a room where equipment not used in day-to-day activities is kept. "Utility" refers to an item which is designed for usefulness or practical use, so in turn most of the items kept in this room have functional attributes. A utility ...
, in a private dwelling that includes laundry functions File:Mumbai Dhobi Ghat Laundry District.JPG, The Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat open air laundry in Mumbai File:Laundry in Paris.jpg, A
self-service laundry A self-service laundry, coin laundry, or coin wash, is a facility where clothes and some household textiles are washed and dried without much personalized professional help. They are known in the United Kingdom as launderettes or laundrettes, ...
in Paris


References

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