List of laundry topics
This is a list of laundry topics. Laundry is the washing of clothing and linens.[1] Laundry processes are often done in a business, room or area in a home or apartment building, reserved for that purpose; this is referred to as a laundry room. The material that is being washed, or has been laundered is also generally referred to as laundry.
Laundry topics
Chemicals
- Biological detergent – laundry detergent that contains enzymes harvested from micro-organisms such as bacteria adapted to live in hot springs.[2] The description is commonly used in the United Kingdom,
- Bleach
- Fabric softener
- Laundry detergent
Washing
Drying
Finishing
Industrial
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Industrial laundry sorting -
A part of a press in industrial laundry which dries the linen -
A feeder where linen is placed and which takes the linen to the ironer and folder
Concepts
- Color fastness
- Fulling – a step in woolen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker.
- Posting
- Shrinkage
- Stain
Organizations
- Chinese Hand Laundry Alliance
- French laundries of California
- Laundry and Dry Cleaning International Union
- Laundry Workers Industrial Union
- Project Laundry List – a New Hampshire group that encourages the outdoor drying of clothes
- Worshipful Company of Launderers – a livery company in the City of London that promotes the profession of the launderers by awarding scholarships to laundry students.
Culture
- Dhobi – a caste group belonging primarily to India and Pakistan and said to specialize in washing clothes[3]
- Housekeeping
- Laundry symbols
Accessories
Law
- Barbier v. Connolly
- Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States
- Muller v. Oregon
- Pearson v. Chung
- Yick Wo v. Hopkins
Places
- Baths and wash houses in Britain
- Dhobi Ghat – a well known open air laundromat in Mumbai, India.[4] The washers, locally known as Dhobis, work in the open to wash the clothes from Mumbai's hotels and hospitals.
- Laundry room
- Lavoir
- Self-service laundry
- Tvättstuga
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The Dhobi Ghat open air laundromat in Mumbai, India -
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laundry.
- ^ "Laundry". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ www.spolem.co.uk: Industrial uses of enzymes
- ^ People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das
- ^ "Mumbai boasts the world's largest open air laundry". The Globe and Mail. November 8, 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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