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The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Clothing or other items that will undergo, or have undergone, this kind of cleaning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- When you're in town, could you pick up the dry cleaning?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
present participle and gerund of dry clean
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Antonyms: none provided
the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَنْظِيف جَافّ
(tanẓīf jāff)
— process of cleaning without water
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Armenian:
քիմմաքրում
(kʻimmakʻrum)
— process of cleaning without water
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Belarusian:
хімчы́стка
(ximčýstka)
— process of cleaning without water
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Bulgarian:
хими́ческо чи́стене
(himíčesko čístene)
— process of cleaning without water
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Catalan:
neteja en sec
— process of cleaning without water
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Chinese Mandarin:
乾洗 /干洗
(gānxǐ)
— process of cleaning without water
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Dutch:
stomen
— process of cleaning without water
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Finnish:
kuivapesu
— process of cleaning without water
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French:
nettoyage à sec
— process of cleaning without water
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German:
Trockenreinigung
— process of cleaning without water
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German:
chemische Reinigung
— process of cleaning without water
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Greek:
στεγνό καθάρισμα
(stegnó kathárisma)
— process of cleaning without water
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Hindi:
सूखी धुलाई
(sūkhī dhulāī)
— process of cleaning without water
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Icelandic:
fatahreinsun
— process of cleaning without water
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Irish:
tirimghlanadh
— process of cleaning without water
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Italian:
lavaggio a secco
— process of cleaning without water
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Japanese:
クリーニング
(kurīningu)
— process of cleaning without water
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Japanese:
乾燥洗濯
(kansō sentaku)
— process of cleaning without water
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Japanese:
ドライクリーニング
(dorai kurīningu)
— process of cleaning without water
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Korean:
드라이 클리닝
(deurai keullining)
— process of cleaning without water
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Korean:
클리닝
(keullining)
— process of cleaning without water
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Malay:
pencucian kering
— process of cleaning without water
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Mongolian:
хими цэвэрлэгээ
(ximi ceverlegee)
— process of cleaning without water
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Persian:
خشکشویی
(xošk-šuyi)
— process of cleaning without water
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Portuguese:
lavagem a seco
— process of cleaning without water
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Romanian:
curățătorie uscată
— process of cleaning without water
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Russian:
хими́ческая чи́стка
(ximíčeskaja čístka)
— process of cleaning without water
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Russian:
химчи́стка
(ximčístka)
— process of cleaning without water
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Spanish:
limpieza en seco
— process of cleaning without water
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Spanish:
lavado en seco
— process of cleaning without water
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Swedish:
kemtvätt
— process of cleaning without water
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Tajik:
хушкшӯӣ
(xuškšüyi)
— process of cleaning without water
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Turkish:
kuru temizleme
— process of cleaning without water
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Ukrainian:
хімчи́стка
(ximčýstka)
— process of cleaning without water
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Welsh:
sych-lanhau
— process of cleaning without water
