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cleaners

cleaners

1.0
A shop that cleans clothes for people, often by dry cleaning
  • noun
  • /ˈkliːnərz/
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  • I took my suit to the cleaners to have it dry cleaned for the wedding.

Is it proper to because I haven't been to the cleaners since pre COVID.

Examples

  • The local cleaners offers next-day service for all types of garments.

  • After spilling coffee on my shirt, I rushed to the cleaners to get it cleaned quickly.

  • Is it proper to because I haven't been to the cleaners since pre COVID.

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  • Anyway, with household chemicals, cleaners of any kind, window cleaners, whether it's obviously bleach or laundry detergent.

Synonyms

cleaner
vscleaners
124 1.6

A person or shop that cleans clothes professionally, often using dry cleaning

is the shop or business providing professional textile cleaning, often by chemicals
laundry
vscleaners
71 1.0

A place where people wash and iron clothes

is a business for professional cleaning that focuses on chemical instead of water
dry cleaner
vscleaners
24 1.6

A person or shop that cleans clothes with chemicals instead of water

is the business location where such professional textile cleaning happens
dry cleaners
vscleaners
19 1.5

A shop that cleans clothes without using water

is a business that cleans textiles, typically using chemicals
launderer
vscleaners
1 3.6

A person or shop that washes and irons other people's clothes

is the business place that cleans textiles professionally, especially by chemical methods

How Professional

cleaners
1.0
Laundromat
  • US
43 3.2

Surface Forms

cleaner singular
cleaners plural

Morphology

cleaners = cleaner (semi-transparent) = clean + er + s

The plural form 'cleaners' is derived from 'cleaner', but the specific meaning of a business establishment is not directly inferable from the base word.

Etymology

Cleaners comes from clean 'free from dirt' plus the ending -er, which means someone who does something. So it first meant people who clean clothes and then also the shop where the clothes are cleaned, like bakers or barbers.