1. a building or room equipped for washing clothes

Examples

• The old washhouse behind the main building still had the original stone basins.
• She carried the dirty linens to the washhouse every Monday morning.
• The Victorian home included a separate washhouse with copper boilers.
• Workers converted the abandoned washhouse into a pottery studio.
• The communal washhouse served several families in the neighborhood.
• Steam rose from the washhouse as the women scrubbed their laundry.