cleaner
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈkliːnər/
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tintorería
- Next time, the dry cleaner.
- dry cleaners
- cleaners and services
- cleaners and gas stations
And she's like, Oh no, I dropped it off with the cleaner.
- And she's like, Oh no, I dropped it off with the cleaner.
Examples
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He owned a dry cleaners.
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I went to the dry cleaner's to collect my clean clothes, but they had been sold.
Fiction book (1999) -
Did you go by the cleaners to pick up my dress?
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If he were going to take his shirts to the cleaners, he thought this would be his last choice.
Fiction book (1999) -
That suit's gotta go to the cleaners.
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You're gonna take that dress to the dry cleaners!
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You should have Marci drop my blue suit off at the cleaners.
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Mrs. Shaw had once worked at a dry cleaner, and Gopal found this fascinating.
Fiction book (1997) -
Now Nora Johnson worked in a dry cleaner and lived in a shabby housing complex.
Fiction book (1999) -
I need to take my suit to the cleaner for dry cleaning before the wedding.
Synonyms
71
1.0
A place where people wash and iron clothes
24
1.6
A person or shop that cleans clothes with chemicals instead of water
19
1.5
A shop that cleans clothes without using water
10
1.8
A person who washes clothes or sheets for a living
3
7.3
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
3
7.2
A woman who cleans other people's clothes for money
1
8.9
A person who cleans other people's clothes for a living
1
3.6
A person or shop that washes and irons other people's clothes
1
4.3
A man who washes and dries clothes for a business
1
4.7
A woman who washes and irons clothes for other people
1
6.9
A woman who cleans other people's clothes, usually from her own home
A shop that cleans clothes for people, often by dry cleaning
A woman who washes other people's clothes for pay
Compounds
4
3.0
A thin bendable wire with soft material for cleaning a tobacco pipe or making simple crafts
A vacuum cleaner that uses spinning air to separate dust into a removable bin instead of a bag
A machine that uses spinning air to collect dust in a removable clear bin without a bag
- Specialized
A small machine for cleaning floors that you wear on your back with straps
- Specialized
A machine that removes dirt and small stones from grain before storage or sale
A machine that sprays cleaning liquid on surfaces like carpets, upholstery or mattresses and removes the liquid and dirt
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cleaner comes from the old English word clean, which meant 'free from dirt'. A clothes cleaner is simply someone or a shop that makes your suit or dress 'free from dirt', so the name fits the job.