cleaner
clean|er /kl'iːnər/ (cleaners)
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A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
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A cleaner is someone whose job is to clean a particular type of thing.
He was a window cleaner.
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A cleaner is a substance used for cleaning things.
...oven cleaner.
...abrasive cleaners.
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A cleaner is a device used for cleaning things.
...an air cleaner.
see also pipe cleaner, vacuum cleaner
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A cleaner or a cleaner's is a shop where things such as clothes are dry-cleaned.dry clean|er (dry cleaners)
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A dry cleaner or a dry cleaner's is a shop where things can be dry-cleaned.pipe clean|er (pipe cleaners)
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A pipe cleaner is a piece of wire covered with a soft substance which is used to clean a tobacco pipe.vacuum clean|er (vacuum cleaners)
also vacuum-cleaner
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A vacuum cleaner or a vacuum is an electric machine which sucks up dust and dirt from carpets.
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A cleaner is someone who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
2 [N-COUNT] n N
A cleaner is someone whose job is to clean a particular type of thing.
He was a window cleaner.
3 [N-MASS] usu n N
A cleaner is a substance used for cleaning things.
...oven cleaner.
...abrasive cleaners.
4 [N-COUNT] usu n N
A cleaner is a device used for cleaning things.
...an air cleaner.
see also pipe cleaner, vacuum cleaner
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A cleaner or a cleaner's is a shop where things such as clothes are dry-cleaned.dry clean|er (dry cleaners)
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A dry cleaner or a dry cleaner's is a shop where things can be dry-cleaned.pipe clean|er (pipe cleaners)
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A pipe cleaner is a piece of wire covered with a soft substance which is used to clean a tobacco pipe.vacuum clean|er (vacuum cleaners)
also vacuum-cleaner
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A vacuum cleaner or a vacuum is an electric machine which sucks up dust and dirt from carpets.