Phrase guide

dry cleaner

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person whose business is the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A business establishment that engages in the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the operator of dry-cleaning establishment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cleaner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shopkeeper, tradesman, storekeeper, market keeper

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾洗工 /干洗工 (gānxǐgōng) — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • Finnish: kuivapesijä — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • German: Textilreiniger — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • German: Textilreinigerin — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • Polish: pracownik pralni chemicznej — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • Polish: pracownica pralni chemicznej — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • Turkish: kuru temizlemeci — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • Turkish: kuru temizleyici — person whose business is dry cleaning
  • Arabic: مُنَظِّف جَافّ (munaẓẓif jāff) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Arabic: مَصْبَنَة (maṣbana) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Arabic: مصبنة (maṣbana) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Belarusian: хімчы́стка (ximčýstka) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乾洗店 /干洗店 (gānxǐdiàn) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Finnish: kuivapesula — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • French: teinturier — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • French: pressing — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Galician: tinturaría — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • German: Reinigung — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • German: chemische Reinigung — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • German: Putzerei — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Greek: στεγνοκαθαριστήριο (stegnokatharistírio) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Hungarian: vegytisztító — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Hungarian: ruhatisztító — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Hungarian: patyolat — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Italian: tintoria — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Japanese: クリーニング (kurīningu) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Japanese: クリーニング店 (kurīningu ten) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Korean: 세탁소 (setakso) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Persian: خشکشویی (xošk-šuyi) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Polish: pralnia chemiczna — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Romanian: curățătorie — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Romanian: spălătorie — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Russian: химчи́стка (ximčístka) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Spanish: tintorería — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Turkish: kuru temizleme — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Turkish: kuru temizlemeci — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning
  • Ukrainian: хімчи́стка (ximčýstka) — business establishment that engages in dry cleaning