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Everything about Laundry

Washing of clothing and other textiles

Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with this universal human need are of interest to several branches of scholarship. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: LaundryA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Microfibers in laundry wastewater: Problem and solutionInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: 14ひきのせんたくThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Removal of cobalt, strontium and cesium from radioactive laundry wastewater by ammonium molybdophosphate–polyacrylonitrile (AMP–PAN)Cited 387 times
  5. Go sideways: List of laundry topicsA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Washing machineA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun A laundering; a washing.

Noun A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.

Noun That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.

Noun A penalty flag.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Laundry processes
  3. Shared laundry rooms
  4. Laundry drying
  5. Right to dry movement
  6. Common problems
  7. Etymology
  8. In culture

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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