cleaner
an apparatus or machine for cleaning, as a vacuum cleaner.
a preparation for use in cleaning, as a detergent or chemical bleach.
the owner or operator of a dry-cleaning establishment: The cleaner said he couldn't get the spot off my coat.
Usually cleaners. a dry-cleaning establishment: My suit is at the cleaners.
Idioms about cleaner
take to the cleaners, Slang. to cause to lose all or a great deal of one's money or personal property, as through gambling or a bad investment: He got taken to the cleaners in the poker game last night.
Origin of cleaner
1Other words from cleaner
- pre·clean·er, noun
Words Nearby cleaner
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How to use cleaner in a sentence
Where cabin cleaning required much physical work, being a dispatcher required planning and strategizing for where and when to send cleaners.
What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night | matthewheimer | August 30, 2020 | FortuneI started as a cleaner of aircraft cabins on the graveyard shift.
What I learned from 5 years of cleaning airplanes in the middle of the night | matthewheimer | August 30, 2020 | FortuneFrontline workers like security guards, house cleaners, and grocery store clerks deserved greater respect long before the pandemic began.
Why empowering frontline workers is a key element to a safe reopening | jakemeth | August 18, 2020 | FortuneNevertheless he does have a perspective, gesturing toward the work going on at the now shuttered Cobalt, to the dry cleaners on the corner, “none of this would be possible without immigrants.”
You know what Dupont needed? A Nordic restaurant | Brock Thompson | August 12, 2020 | Washington BladeIn fact, an unexpected benefit of regulations is that brands are now working with cleaner data.
Ad industry groups launch effort to push for addressable media standards | Ginny Marvin | August 4, 2020 | Search Engine Land
So this pool cleaner would always come around and talk to her, and I figured it would be a good idea for a movie.
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby | Marlow Stern | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe wrote the film together, but it was about a guy pool cleaner.
The Renegade: Robert Downey Sr. on His Classic Films, Son’s Battle with Drugs, and Bill Cosby | Marlow Stern | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs filtered water that much cleaner and safer than tap water?
Cars may be cleaner one year, but breakdowns might become more common, too.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway | Kevin Zawacki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd is politics really cleaner when stringent restrictions are put into place?
The ground lately in the shaft has been cleaner killas, and if any alteration, better ground.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickAs the French farms are usually on a small scale, they are invariably kept cleaner than those in England and America.
A small portion of hyposulphite of soda mixed with vinegar will make a good cleaner for teacups having tannin stains.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousBut he made a gallant recovery with a vaccuum cleaner an' was aven with th' prisidint in four.
Mr. Dooley Says | Finley DunneBut if a man wants to write why put it down some place where it's going to be swept up by the street cleaner the next day.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for cleaner
/ (ˈkliːnə) /
a person, device, chemical agent, etc, that removes dirt, as from clothes or carpets
(usually plural) a shop, etc that provides a dry-cleaning service
take a person to the cleaners informal to rob or defraud a person of all of his money
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