A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes it’s more confusing than text. That goes double when it’s one of the many laundry symbols found on the care label of your clothes. What are all ...

And do you even know what any of the others actually mean? In fact, people are so bemused about the meaning of some of the pictures that the search term ‘what do laundry labels mean‘ has received a ...

A university student has shared a quick hack for understanding washing machine symbols mean. London-based student organisation, Save the Student, shared a video on Instagram that tells you how to make ...

From bathroom placards to “slippery when wet” signs along the highway, our day-to-day lives are filled with symbols. We decipher these ideograms hundreds of times a day without even thinking about ...

We asked laundry experts to explain the ofyten crypic laundry symbol meanings you need to know before you ruin your clothes. Let’s be honest: The symbols on the tags of T-shirts, skirts, dresses, and ...

People are warned that they could be washing their clothes, sheets and towels all wrong by neglecting to read the laundry care labels on them. For many, checking each individual label isn't a routine ...

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Do you know what it means if it has a square with a dash in the middle, for example? YOU might take a quick glimpse at a laundry label before shoving something into the washing machine. But other than ...