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noun
a filtering device for removing impurities from air: Many cars have air cleaners with replaceable filters.
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Origin of air cleaner

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby air cleaner

air cavalry, air cavalryman, air cell, air chamber, air chief marshal, air cleaner, air cock, air command, air commodore, air-con, air-condition
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British Dictionary definitions for air cleaner

air cleaner
noun
a filter that prevents dust and other particles from entering the air-intake of an internal-combustion engineAlso called: air filter
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