"dry cleaning" meaning in English

See dry cleaning in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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 Categories (topical): Cleaning Translations (process of cleaning without water): تَنْظِيف جَافّ (tanẓīf jāff) [masculine] (Arabic), քիմմաքրում (kʻimmakʻrum) (Armenian), хімчы́стка (ximčýstka) [feminine] (Belarusian), хими́ческо чи́стене (himíčesko čístene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), neteja en sec [feminine] (Catalan), 乾洗 /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 (xuškšüi) (Tajik), kuru temizleme (Turkish), хімчи́стка (ximčýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sych-lanhau [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dry_cleaning-en-noun-Dp1Lwg3p Disambiguation of Cleaning: 41 38 21 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 Categories (topical): Cleaning
    Sense id: en-dry_cleaning-en-noun-ER7UVPJd Disambiguation of Cleaning: 41 38 21
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 Categories (topical): Cleaning
    Sense id: en-dry_cleaning-en-verb-R8acWIH4 Disambiguation of Cleaning: 41 38 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 12 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 21 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 18 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 15 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 18 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 18 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 17 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 16 16 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 17 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 17 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 17 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 18 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 16 17 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 17 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 14 18 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drycleaning, dry-cleaning

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "word": "kuivapesu"
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      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
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      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "curățătorie uscată"
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      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
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      "word": "limpieza en seco"
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      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
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      "roman": "xuškšüi",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "word": "хушкшӯӣ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "word": "kuru temizleme"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ximčýstka",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "хімчи́стка"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "process of cleaning without water",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sych-lanhau"
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