cleaner
pronunciation
How to pronounce cleaner in British English:
UK [ˈkliːnə(r)]
How to pronounce cleaner in American English:
US [ˈkliːnər]
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- Noun:
- a preparation used in cleaning something
- the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
- someone whose occupation is cleaning
Word Origin
- cleaner (n.)
- mid-15c., agent noun from clean (v.). Meaning "shop that cleans clothes" is from 1873. To take (someone) to the cleaners "get all of (someone's) money" is from 1921.
Example
- 1. My father is a cleaner at a local paper mill .
- 2. The cleaner wrasse did not discriminate between male and female sharks , suggesting both get equally dirty .
- 3. One of its beneficiaries is carolina bras da silva , a young black woman whose mother was a cleaner .
- 4. There , hungry and detail-driven cleaner wrasse fish rid sharks of dead skin , external parasites and other undesirables .
- 5. If that 's not enough , then I break out the cleaner .