dry cleaner

noun

: one whose business is dry cleaning

Examples of dry cleaner in a Sentence

I take my clothes to a local dry cleaner.

My wool coat is still at the dry cleaner's.

Recent Examples on the Web

Some dry cleaners also offer specific professional treatments for leather jackets. — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026

Best of all, the smooth mulberry silk is fully machine washable, saving you a trip to the dry cleaners between events. — Mariana Best, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

The Great Greenland tannery in Qaqortoq, in southern Greenland, looks like a giant dry cleaner’s and smells briny like the ocean. — Ivor Prickett, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Garments taken to a dry cleaner should be removed from the plastic bag and allowed to air for 24 hours before they are stored. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 18 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dry cleaner

• convener
• convenor
• demeanor
• demeanour
• diener
• gleaner
• greener
• keener
• leaner
• lienor
• meaner
• screener