self-service laundry
nounUK /ˌself ˈsɜːvɪs ˈlɔːndri/
US /ˌself ˈsɜːrvɪs ˈlɔːndri/
A place where you wash your own clothes in machines.
We took our dirty clothes to the self-service laundry down the street.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The activity of washing clothes yourself at a public facility.
Doing self-service laundry saves money compared to a full-service cleaner.
3. A business offering coin-operated washers and dryers for customer use.
The self-service laundry stays open until midnight.
4. A laundry service where customers operate the machines themselves rather than staff.
The hotel replaced its valet laundry with a self-service laundry on the ground floor.