Meanings
noundry cleaning (uncountable)
alternative drycleaning · alternative dry-cleaning
- uncountableClothing or other items that will undergo, or have undergone, this kind of cleaning.
When you're in town, could you pick up the dry cleaning?
verb
alternative drycleaning · alternative dry-cleaning
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dry clean
Translations
Arabic تَنْظِيف جَافّ
- تَنْظِيف جَافّ (tanẓīf jāff)process of cleaning without water
Bulgarian хими́ческо чи́стене
- хими́ческо чи́стене (himíčesko čístene)process of cleaning without water
Catalan neteja en sec
- neteja en secprocess of cleaning without water
Chinese Mandarin 乾洗 /干洗
- 乾洗 /干洗 (gānxǐ)process of cleaning without water
Dutch stomen
- stomenprocess of cleaning without water
Finnish kuivapesu
- kuivapesuprocess of cleaning without water
French nettoyage à sec
- nettoyage à secprocess of cleaning without water
German Trockenreinigung, chemische Reinigung
- Trockenreinigungprocess of cleaning without water
- chemische Reinigungprocess of cleaning without water
Greek στεγνό καθάρισμα
- στεγνό καθάρισμα (stegnó kathárisma)process of cleaning without water
Hindi सूखी धुलाई
- सूखी धुलाई (sūkhī dhulāī)process of cleaning without water
Hungarian textiltisztítás
- textiltisztításprocess of cleaning without water
Icelandic fatahreinsun
- fatahreinsunprocess of cleaning without water
Irish tirimghlanadh
- tirimghlanadhprocess of cleaning without water
Italian lavaggio a secco
- lavaggio a seccoprocess of cleaning without water
Japanese クリーニング, 乾燥洗濯
- クリーニング (kurīningu)process of cleaning without water
- 乾燥洗濯 (kansō sentaku)process of cleaning without water
- ドライクリーニング (dorai kurīningu)process of cleaning without water
Korean 드라이 클리닝, 클리닝
- 드라이 클리닝 (deurai keullining)process of cleaning without water
- 클리닝 (keullining)process of cleaning without water
Malay pencucian kering
- pencucian keringprocess of cleaning without water
Persian خشکشویی
- خشکشویی (xošk-šuyi)process of cleaning without water
Polish czyszczenie chemiczne
- czyszczenie chemiczneprocess of cleaning without water
Portuguese lavagem a seco
- lavagem a secoprocess of cleaning without water
Romanian curățătorie uscată
- curățătorie uscatăprocess of cleaning without water
Russian хими́ческая чи́стка, химчи́стка
- хими́ческая чи́стка (ximíčeskaja čístka)process of cleaning without water
- химчи́стка (ximčístka)process of cleaning without water
Spanish limpieza en seco, lavado en seco
- limpieza en secoprocess of cleaning without water
- lavado en secoprocess of cleaning without water
Swedish kemtvätt
- kemtvättprocess of cleaning without water
Turkish kuru temizleme
- kuru temizlemeprocess of cleaning without water
Ukrainian хімчи́стка
- хімчи́стка (ximčýstka)process of cleaning without water
Welsh sych-lanhau
- sych-lanhauprocess of cleaning without water
Cite this entry
APA
dry cleaning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20cleaning
MLA
“dry cleaning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20cleaning. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry cleaning,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry%20cleaning.
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