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streetcleaner

streetcleaner noun: a person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.

Noun

streetcleaner (plural streetcleaners)

  1. A person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.
    • On the light streets, better streetcleaners, more trees, more police, and quieter buses were the most popular improvements, followed by cutting down the number of cars and improving children's play space.1982, Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, page 98
    Synonyms:
    street sweeper

Synonyms of streetcleaner

Forms of streetcleaner

pluralstreetcleaners
alternative formstreet cleaner
alternative formstreet-cleaner

Origin of streetcleaner

From street + cleaner.

Questions about streetcleaner

What does streetcleaner mean?
Streetcleaner means a person employed to clean streets by removing litter etc.
What part of speech is streetcleaner?
Streetcleaner is a noun.
What is the plural of streetcleaner?
The plural of streetcleaner is streetcleaners.

Words near streetcleaner in the dictionary

  1. streetbike
  2. streetbikes
  3. streetcar
  4. streetcare
  5. streetcars
  6. streetcleaner
  7. streetcleaners
  8. streetcorner
  9. streetcorners
  10. streete
  11. streeted

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