bathroom cleaner
- noun
- /ˈbæθrum ˈklɪnər/
:
limpiador de baño
- I sprayed the bathroom cleaner on the countertop to remove the stains.
Examples
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She opened the cupboard beneath the sink and put away the bathroom cleaner, the Pine Sol, and the Comet.
Fiction book (1998) -
How about on the bathroom cleaner, so when your husband says, "I just cleaned in there," you can say, "Nope, look, you haven't used the cleaner in the last 10 days, here you go!"
Blog text (4) -
Make sure to use the bathroom cleaner regularly to keep the surfaces shining.
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She purchased a new bathroom cleaner that promises to eliminate soap scum effectively.
Synonyms
108
1.0
A liquid or powder used to clean surfaces
A liquid or powder that you use to clean skin, objects, and surfaces
How Effective
49
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cleaning product for bathroom surfaces' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bathroom' (room for personal hygiene) + 'cleaner' (a substance used to remove dirt). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows a productive, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Bathroom cleaner is a name for a product used to clean a bathroom. Picture a spray and a brush scrubbing dirt and stains from tiles and the sink; the spray and brush are the cleaner, so the phrase means 'a cleaning product for bathroom surfaces'.