Laundry vs. Pressing
Difference Between Laundry and Pressing
Laundrynoun
A laundering; a washing.Can we get some quotes for this sense, and maybe improve its def?
Pressingadjective
Needing urgent attention.
Laundrynoun
A place or room where laundering is done - including, by extension, other forms of laundering than clothes washing.
Pressingadjective
Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
Laundrynoun
That which needs to be, is being, or has been laundered.
You've left your dirty laundry all over the house.Pressingnoun
The application of pressure by a press or other means.
Laundrynoun
garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
Pressingnoun
A metal or plastic part made with a press.
Laundrynoun
workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
Pressingnoun
The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
Pressingnoun
A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
Pressingnoun
The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
Pressingnoun
A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
Pressingnoun
Urgent insistence.
Pressingnoun
the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure;
he gave the button a presshe used pressure to stop the bleedingat the pressing of a buttonPressingnoun
a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
Pressingadjective
compelling immediate action;
too pressing to permit of longer delaythe urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'bridges in urgent need of repair
