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A laundromat is a facility, commercial establishment, or department of a company equipped for the washing and care of clothing, linens, and fabrics in general, using wet or dry processes. It can refer to both a domestic space for washing clothes, a public facility offering coin-operated or staffed laundry services, and a company that provides cleaning and ironing services.

• Domestic laundry facility: A space within a home dedicated to washing and drying clothes and linens.
• Public establishment (coin-operated laundromat): A facility where customers can use the washing and drying machines provided, paying with tokens.
• Laundry/Dry Cleaning Service: A commercial business that washes, removes stains, irons, and dry-cleans or wet-cleans clothing, linens, furs, carpets, and other fabrics as a professional service.
• Industrial department: A specific area within a textile or clothing factory dedicated to the treatment of fabrics.