A building or outbuilding where laundry is done.
Roget 386:
furnace,
stove,
kiln,
oven;
cracker;
hearth,
focus,
combustion chamber;
athanor†,
hypocaust†,
reverberatory;
volcano;
forge,
fiery furnace;
limekiln;
Dutch oven;
tuyere,
brasier†,
salamander,
heater,
warming pan;
boiler,
caldron,
seething caldron,
pot;
urn,
kettle;
chafing-dish;
retort,
crucible,
alembic,
still;
waffle irons;
muffle furnace,
induction furnace;
electric heater,
electric furnace,
electric resistance heat.
[steel-making furnace]
open-hearth furnace.
fireplace,
gas fireplace;
coal fire,
wood fire;
fire-dog,
fire-irons;
grate,
range,
kitchener;
caboose,
camboose†;
poker,
tongs,
shovel,
ashpan,
hob,
trivet;
andiron,
gridiron;
ashdrop;
frying-pan,
stew-pan,
backlog.
[area near a fireplace]
hearth,
inglenook.
[residential heating methods]
oil burner,
gas burner,
Franklin stove,
pot-bellied stove;
wood-burning stove;
central heating,
steam heat,
hot water heat,
gas heat,
forced hot air,
electric heat,
heat pump;
solar heat,
convective heat.
hothouse,
bakehouse†,
washhouse†;
laundry;
conservatory;
sudatory†;
Turkish bath,
Russian bath,
vapor bath,
steam bath,
sauna,
warm bath;
vaporarium†.
... show more
Roget 652:
cleanness,
cleanliness
etc.
adj.;
purity;
cleaning
etc.
v.;
purification,
defecation
etc.
v.;
purgation,
lustration†;
detersion†,
abstersion†;
epuration†,
mundation†;
ablution,
lavation†,
colature†;
disinfection
etc.
v.;
drainage,
sewerage.
lavatory,
laundry,
washhouse†;
washerwoman,
laundress,
dhobi†,
laundryman,
washerman†;
scavenger,
dustman†,
sweep;
white wings brush [U.S.];
broom,
besom†,
mop,
rake,
shovel,
sieve,
riddle,
screen,
filter;
blotter.
napkin,
cloth,
maukin†,
malkin†,
handkerchief,
towel,
sudary†;
doyley†,
doily,
duster,
sponge,
mop,
swab.
cover,
drugget†.
wash,
lotion,
detergent,
cathartic,
purgative;
purifier
etc.
v.;
disinfectant;
aperient†;
benzene,
benzine benzol,
benolin†;
bleaching powder,
chloride of lime,
dentifrice,
deobstruent†,
laxative.
... show more