"washhouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: washhouses [plural]
Etymology: wash + house Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wash|house}} wash + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} washhouse (plural washhouses)
  1. A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry. Translations (a building used as a laundry): pesula (Finnish), pesutupa (Finnish), lavoir [masculine] (French), Waschhaus (German), Lavoir (German), Waschhütte (German), lavatoio [masculine] (Italian), lavadouro [masculine] (Portuguese), lavadoiro [masculine] (Portuguese), tanque [masculine] (Portuguese), lavadero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-washhouse-en-noun-ViAFN39d Disambiguation of 'a building used as a laundry': 45 26 28 1
  2. A public laundry.
    Sense id: en-washhouse-en-noun-nI6jm~lk
  3. (New Zealand) A room in a house used for washing laundry; a utility room. Tags: New-Zealand
    Sense id: en-washhouse-en-noun-d8TNsNAA Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 18 5 45 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 80 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 1 74 18
  4. (UK, historical) A public facility where people could wash themselves and their clothes. Tags: UK, historical
    Sense id: en-washhouse-en-noun-nDCN1IEH Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wash house Related terms: backhouse, washery

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