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drycleaning

drycleaning is the alternative form of dry cleaning.

drycleaning is the present participle and gerund of dryclean.

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 drycleaning

What is drycleaning the alternative form of?
Drycleaning is the alternative form of dry cleaning.

Words near drycleaning in the dictionary

  1. Dryburgh
  2. dryclean
  3. drycleaned
  4. drycleaner
  5. drycleaners
  6. drycleaning
  7. drycleans
  8. Dryden
  9. Drydenesque
  10. Drydenian
  11. drydock

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drycleaning (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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