dry cleaning

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

dry cleaning

noun

Definition of DRY CLEANING

1
: the cleansing of fabrics with substantially nonaqueous organic solvents
2
: something that is dry-cleaned

Examples of DRY CLEANING

  1. I can pick up the dry cleaning on my way home.

First Known Use of DRY CLEANING

1855

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