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dry-cleaning

dry-cleaning is the alternative form of dry cleaning.

dry-cleaning is the present participle and gerund of dry-clean.

Meaning of dry cleaning

Noun

dry cleaning (uncountable)

  1. The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment.
  2. Clothing or other items that will undergo, or have undergone, this kind of cleaning.
    • When you're in town, could you pick up the dry cleaning?

Questions about dry-cleaning

What is dry-cleaning the alternative form of?
Dry-cleaning is the alternative form of dry cleaning.

Words near dry-cleaning in the dictionary

  1. dry-bulb temperature
  2. dry-clean
  3. dry-cleaned
  4. dry-cleaner
  5. dry-cleaners
  6. dry-cleaning
  7. dry-cleans
  8. dry-cure
  9. dry-cured
  10. dry-cures
  11. dry-curing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dry-cleaning (page history and authors); dry cleaning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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