■ verb
1》 wash and iron (clothes or household linen).
2》 informal transfer (illegally obtained money) to conceal its origins.
■ noun
1》 a trough for holding or conveying water, especially (in mining) one used for washing ore.
2》 a channel for conveying molten metal to a ladle or mould.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME (asnoun denoting a person who washes linen): contr. of lavender , from OFr. lavandier , based on L. lavanda 'things to be washed', from lavare 'to wash'.