"dry cleaning" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} dry cleaning (uncountable)
  1. The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using organic solvents and specialized equipment. Tags: uncountable Translations (process of cleaning without water): تَنْظِيف جَافّ (tanẓīf jāff) [masculine] (Arabic), քիմմաքրում (kʿimmakʿrum) (Armenian), хімчы́стка (ximčýstka) [feminine] (Belarusian), хими́ческо чи́стене (himíčesko čístene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), neteja en sec [feminine] (Catalan), 乾洗 (Chinese Mandarin), 干洗 (gānxǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), stomen (Dutch), kuivapesu (Finnish), nettoyage à sec [masculine] (French), Trockenreinigung [feminine] (German), chemische Reinigung [feminine] (German), στεγνό καθάρισμα (stegnó kathárisma) (Greek), सूखी धुलाई (sūkhī dhulāī) [feminine] (Hindi), fatahreinsun [feminine] (Icelandic), tirimghlanadh [masculine] (Irish), lavaggio a secco [masculine] (Italian), クリーニング (kurīningu) (Japanese), 乾燥洗濯 (kansō sentaku) (alt: かんそうせんたく) (Japanese), ドライクリーニング (dorai kurīningu) (Japanese), 드라이 클리닝 (deurai keullining) (Korean), 클리닝 (keullining) (Korean), pencucian kering (Malay), хими цэвэрлэгээ (ximi ceverlegee) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), خشکشویی (xošk-šuyi) (Persian), lavagem a seco [feminine] (Portuguese), curățătorie uscată [feminine] (Romanian), хими́ческая чи́стка (ximíčeskaja čístka) [feminine] (Russian), химчи́стка (ximčístka) [feminine] (Russian), limpieza en seco [feminine] (Spanish), lavado en seco [masculine] (Spanish), kemtvätt [common-gender] (Swedish), хушкшӯӣ (xuškšüyī) (Tajik), kuru temizleme (Turkish), хімчи́стка (ximčýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sych-lanhau [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dry_cleaning-en-noun-Dp1Lwg3p Disambiguation of 'process of cleaning without water': 79 21
  2. Clothing or other items that will undergo, or have undergone, this kind of cleaning. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-dry_cleaning-en-noun-ER7UVPJd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drycleaning, dry-cleaning

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dry cleaning
  1. present participle and gerund of dry clean Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dry clean
    Sense id: en-dry_cleaning-en-verb-R8acWIH4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drycleaning, dry-cleaning

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lavagem a seco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "curățătorie uscată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ximíčeskaja čístka",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хими́ческая чи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ximčístka",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "химчи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limpieza en seco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lavado en seco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kemtvätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "xuškšüyī",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "word": "хушкшӯӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "word": "kuru temizleme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ximčýstka",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хімчи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sych-lanhau"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dry cleaning"
  ],
  "word": "dry cleaning"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "dry clean"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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    {
      "word": "drycleaning"
    },
    {
      "word": "dry-cleaning"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dry cleaning"
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  "word": "dry cleaning"
}

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