dry cleaning

dry cleaning noun: the process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment. Also the present participle and gerund of dry clean.

Noun

dry cleaning (uncountable)

The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment.
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?

Also used as

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

dry cleaning meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Malay and Persian

dry cleaning in Hindi

process of cleaning without water: सूखी धुलाई sūkhī dhulāī

dry cleaning in Arabic

process of cleaning without water: تَنْظِيف جَافّ tanẓīf jāff

dry cleaning in Malay

process of cleaning without water: pencucian kering

dry cleaning in Persian

process of cleaning without water: خشکشویی xošk-šuyi

Forms of dry cleaning

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Questions about dry cleaning

What does dry cleaning mean?: Dry cleaning means the process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment.
What is dry cleaning in Hindi?: Dry cleaning in Hindi is सूखी धुलाई (sūkhī dhulāī). See Dry cleaning meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dry cleaning?: Dry cleaning is a noun.

Words near dry cleaning in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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