Synonyms for laundromat
- beard
- blind
- camouflage
- cover
- cover-up
- covering
- curtain
- disguise
- dissimulation
- front
- hideaway
- mask
- obliteration
- occultation
- privacy
- secretion
- veil
- wraps
- fig leaf
- hide-out
- obscuration
- red herring
- smoke screen
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Antonyms for laundromat
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WORD ORIGIN
"automatic coin-operated public laundry," 1946, originally (1942) a proprietary name by Westinghouse for a type of automatic washing machine; from laundry + ending probably suggested by automat. Also used for public clothes-washing places in U.S. were washateria (1935), laundrette (1945). The Westinghouse machine was popular after the war and was available with coin chutes and timers.
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