Synonyms and antonyms of Washing, drying and ironing clothes in British Thesaurus

air (verb)

if you air clothes, sheets etc or they air, you put them in warm or moving air until they are completely dry and smell clean

boil (verb)

to wash clothes in water that is boiling

the cleaners ()

a place where you can get clothes, curtains etc dry-cleaned (=cleaned with chemicals, not soap and water)

come off ()

if something such as dirt or paint comes off something, it is removed by washing or rubbing

come out ()

to be removed from something such as clothing or cloth by washing or rubbing

dhobi (noun)

Indian English someone whose job is to wash clothes

drip-dry (verb)

to hang up clothes when they are wet so that you do not need to iron them, or to dry in this way

dry-clean (verb)

to clean clothes using chemicals rather than water

dry cleaner’s (noun)

a shop where you take your clothes to be dry-cleaned

hang out ()

to hang wet clothes outside to dry

hang up ()

to hang a piece of clothing on something

iron (verb)

to push a heated iron across cloth or clothes to make them smooth

ironing (noun)

the job of making clothes smooth with an iron

ironing (noun)

clothes that must be made smooth with an iron

iron-on (adjective)

intended to be stuck to clothing using the heat from an iron

launder (verb)

formal to wash and iron clothes

launderette (noun)

a place where people go to wash clothes in machines that they pay to use

Laundromat (mainly American)

mainly American a launderette

laundry (noun)

dirty clothes that you are washing, or clean clothes that have just been washed

laundry (noun)

a business that washes and irons clothes

load (noun)

a quantity of clothes that you put in a washing machine

peg out ()

to fasten wet clothes on a line to dry

press (noun)

an act of making clothes smooth with an iron

press (verb)

to make clothes smooth using a hot iron

put the rubbish out ()

to hang clothes outside to dry after you have washed them

spin (verb)

when a washing machine spins, it squeezes water out of the clothes by turning the drum round and round quickly

the wash (noun)

clothes that are being washed, or the process of washing clothes

washable (adjective)

a liquid such as paint or ink that is washable can be removed from cloth when it is washed

washday (noun)

old-fashioned the day of the week when you regularly wash your clothes

washing (noun)

British clothes that need to be washed

washing day (noun)

washday

wash out ()

if a substance washes out of cloth, it can be removed by washing

waterproof (verb)

to make clothes or other things waterproof