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laundromat
Related terms: clothing cleaning
A facility where people wash and dry their clothing using machines, normally operated by the clothes' owners.
A laundromat is a place where people take care of their clothes by operating washing and drying machines. The machines are often coin-operated, and are normally operated by the owners of the clothes themselves.
Customers normally operate the machines themselves. Coin payment is common but is not required by the definition.
A dry cleaners receives clothing for chemical cleaning, which can take place elsewhere. A laundromat instead provides the washing and drying machines used at the facility.
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