Definitions for launder

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launder laun·der

Spelling: [lawn-der, lahn-]

IPA: /ˈlɔn dər, ˈlɑn-/

Launder is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 236 anagrams from letters in launder (adelnru).

Definitions for launder

noun

1. (in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
2. Metallurgy. a channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle.

verb (used with object)

1. to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
2. to wash and iron (clothes).
3. Informal. to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries. to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries.
4. to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable:

verb (used without object)

1. to wash laundry.
2. to undergo washing and ironing:

Origin of launder

1300-50; 1970-75 for def 3; Middle English: launderer, syncopated variant of lavandere, lavendere washer of linen Middle French lavandier(e) Medieval Latin lavandārius (masculine), lavandāria

Examples for launder

launder, in his Voyage to India, p. 81, saw one erected in a tank of water.

The name Lander or launder is unconnected with these (see p.186).

Also he had towels for his own personal use and those he managed to launder, somehow.

He owns at least one tire repair shop, a cash-heavy business that makes it easy to invent receipts and launder money.

launder, that washes the children of the privy chamber, 75, 112.

Thinking that she would surprise me, little Daisy decided to launder the piece herself.

Margaret Sinton came that night bringing a beautiful blue one in its place, and carried away the other to launder.

Put the piece to launder in warm water and rub it with a pure soap, such as castile.

Such actions are, in a sense, allowing Switzerland to launder its reputation.

The mud which settles in the launder, if the ore is rich, is taken up and washed in a jigging-sieve or on a canvas strake.