dry cleaner

American  

noun

• dry cleaners
  plural

1. a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.

2. a person who owns or operates such an establishment.

3. a liquid solvent used in dry cleaning.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• dry cleaners
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of dry cleaner

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dry cleaner

Instead of his house, we were at a New Age event venue in a strip mall that also contains an apothecary, a dry cleaner, and a head shop.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

A nearby dry cleaner said the price of plastic garment covers had more than doubled, while a cafe owner noted a 50-percent increase in the cost of plastic cups.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

This leaves smaller companies — say, a restaurant or a dry cleaner.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026

The names roll past like pressed shirts at a dry cleaner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

And she hid and lied to me about the dry cleaner because she didn’t want me to freak out about her spying on me and invading my privacy.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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