Definition

Noun: A laundry cart is a handcart specifically designed for transporting a load of laundry. It is a wheeled container or basket used to move dirty clothes to washing areas or to move clean, folded laundry for distribution.

Usage

The term "laundry cart" is used to refer to the physical object used in domestic, commercial, or institutional settings (like hotels or hospitals) for handling laundry. * The housekeeper filled the laundry cart with dirty towels from the hotel rooms. * Please take the sheets and put them in the laundry cart in the hallway. * After folding the clothes, she wheeled the laundry cart down the corridor to put them away.

Advanced Usage

• "to push/roll a laundry cart": This describes the common action of moving the cart.
  • He pushed the heavy laundry cart down to the basement laundry room.
• "a full/empty laundry cart": These phrases describe the state of the cart.
  • An empty laundry cart is by the washing machines.

Variants and Related Words

• Laundry basket (n): A container for holding laundry, typically without wheels and meant for carrying by hand rather than pushing.
• Linen cart (n): Often used interchangeably in hospitality or healthcare, though it may imply a cart for clean linens specifically.
• Handcart (n): A general term for a small cart pushed or pulled by hand. A laundry cart is a type of handcart.

Synonyms

• Laundry trolley (n): A synonym, more common in British English.
• Clothes cart (n): A less common, descriptive synonym.

Related Phrases

• "to do the laundry": This is the activity for which the cart is used. The cart is the tool, while this phrase is the action.
  • After I do the laundry, I use the laundry cart to bring it upstairs.

Noun

1. handcart for moving a load of laundry