launder

Other forms of launder

past tense

launderred·

present participle

launderring·

third person

launders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about launder

What does launder mean?

launder means "cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in launder?

launder has 2 syllables: laun-der. The stress falls on "laun". In IPA it is /ˈlɔndɚ/.

What is another word for launder?

Close synonyms include wash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is launder a common word?

launder is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.