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Cleaner

Definition: Cleaner

Cleaner

Noun

1. A preparation used in cleaning something.

2. The operator of dry-cleaning establishment.

3. Someone whose occupation is cleaning.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cleaner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Cleaner

DomainDefinition

Chemistry

A compound or mixture used in degreasing. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

A cyclone in which small particles of foreign matter(sand, flakes of rust, bark fragments etc. )are separated by centrifugal and shearing forces from fibre suspensions flowing rapidly in a spiral motion. Source: European Union. (references)
 One of the older -- is the Creighton or vertical opener. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A scraper for cleaning out a shothole. Source: European Union. (references)
 Scot. A scraper for cleaning out a shothole. (references)

Occupations

Works in underground or surface mine, pit, or quarry, or at tipple, mill, or preparation plant, performing any combination of following tasks: Cleans working areas and haulage tracks; digs and maintains drainage ditches; or shovels muck, ore, coal, or rock aside, into cars, or onto conveyors. Pushes loaded mine cars from working face to haulage road and couples cars together for transportation to surface. Positions and adjusts bits on drill shaft and places cables, jacks, roof bolts, and related equipment in specified locations. Trims protrusions from walls and roofs of underground passageways and rooms. Strips (cleans) residue of rock and dirt from exposed coal, ore, or rock formations. Loads, separates, or sorts materials at working face, using shovel or wheelbarrow. Throws calcium or salt around interiors of railroad cars to prevent coal or ore from freezing to cars during winter. May be known according to specific work performed as Car Cleaner (mine & quarry); Car Salter (mine & quarry); Loader (mine & quarry); Mucker (mine & quarry); Shoveler (mine & quarry); Stripper (mine & quarry); Trimmer (mine & quarry). (references)
 Performs one or more of following duties to deblock and clean precision ophthalmic or optical elements, such as lenses, flats, prisms: Chills blocked element to crystallize pitch or other block adhesive and strikes block with mallet to separate element from block, or heats block to soften adhesive and removes element with fingers. Places lenses and elements in basket and immerses basket in degreasing tank or automatic cleaning machine. Places elements in tray of solvent. Cleans finished surfaces of element with pad and brush and rubs unfinished surfaces on board dusted with abrasive to remove foreign substances. Inspects lens to ensure cleanliness and freedom from defects. Sprays or brushes protective coating on element, allows coating to dry, and places in element tray or wraps in tissue. Replenishes solvents in trays and tanks. Drains molten metal block adhesive from machine or tank for reuse. May clean pitch from surface of block, using hammer, knife, and wire wheel. (references)
 Tends equipment that chemically cleans grease, scale, dirt, and other foreign matter from metal objects to prepare them for processes, such as electroplating and galvanizing: Removes shavings, dirt, and rust spots from objects, using airhose, file, or sandpaper. Loads objects on conveyor which carries them through series of chemical and rinsing baths, or places objects on racks or in containers and immerses objects in chemical and rinsing solutions, manually or using hoist. Moves controls to start conveyor and to regulate temperature of solution or conveyor speed. Maintains consistency of cleaning solutions by adding specified amount of chemical to solutions. Drains, cleans, and refills tanks with chemicals. May dry objects, using dryer. May examine cleaned objects to ensure conformance to standards. May be known as Degreaser (any industry); or may be designated according to type of cleaning equipment as Ultrasonic Cleaner (any industry). (references)
 Cleans and prepares subassemblies of pistols, rifles, shotguns, and revolvers for bluing: Disassembles components, such as barrel and ratchet, trigger and hammer, trigger guard, and back strap. Blows out particles remaining after sand blasting, using airhose. Places parts in rack or wire basket and immerses parts in degreasing tank to remove oil and dirt. Mixes alcohol and whitening powder and rubs resultant paste onto gun parts to facilitate bluing. Wires parts together and attaches them to immersing rod. Blows excess solution from blued parts with airhose. Inspects parts for nicks, scratches, clearness of trademark, and cleanness. Reassembles subassemblies, using screwdriver. May pour specified amount of chemical solution (acid) into degreasing tanks. (references)
 Cleans interiors of manufactured buildings and makes minor repairs to correct defects, following oral instructions: Cleans interior of manufactured buildings, using broom, mop, dust cloth, and vacuum cleaner. Fills nail holes in woodwork, using putty and knife. Repairs minor defects, such as loose wall panels, missing trim, and defective door catches, using pneumatic stapler and screwdriver. Paints woodwork and soiled sections of ceiling, using paint and brush. Loads manufactured buildings components for shipment to construction site [LOADER (mfd. bldgs.)]. May hang curtains, using tape measure, curtain rods, screws and power screwdriver. (references)
 Washes metal, glass, rubber, or plastic objects: Sprays objects with sprayer nozzle or immerses objects in washing and rinsing solutions to remove debris, manually or using baskets or conveyor. Dries objects, using cloth, airhose, or drying oven. May manually dislodge debris from objects, using brush or hand held power scrubber. May fill vats with water to specified level. May pour specified quantity of soap or chemicals into water or other solutions. May be designated according to object washed as Brush Washer (textile); Tub Washer (textile); Ware Washer (pottery & porc.). (references)
 Removes excess paint from metal stampings to bring out etched or embossed pattern or lettering, by rubbing surface of pattern with cloth and solvent: Separates stampings that are scratched or marred, or that have been imperfectly finished. May apply paint to unpainted areas of stampings overlooked during painting process, using brush. May remove masking compound from specified areas of metal parts to be chemically etched, using template outline and knife. (references)
 Wipes smoking pipes with cloth to remove dust, putty, and other foreign matter: Places pipes in box or bin according to style. May clean inside of bit, using pipe cleaner. (references)

Personal Care & Hotels

A preparation for removing stains, grease, or other dirt. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Cleaner

Synonyms: cleanser (n), cleansing agent (n), dry cleaner (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cleaner

English words defined with "cleaner": dust bagHooversurfacevacuum, vacuum bag, vacuum-clean. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cleaner": chimney cleaner, cleaner assistant, cleaner helper, cleaner operator, CLEANER, HOSPITAL, CLEANER, WINDOWdry cleaner, furniture, handFREIGHT-CAR CLEANER, DELTA SYSTEM, FURNACE CLEANER, FURNITURE CLEANEROVERHEAD CLEANER MAINTAINERreed cleaner, road cleanertrack cleaner, traveling cleaner, maintenanceUPHOLSTERY CLEANERVACUUM CLEANER REPAIRER. (references)

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Modern Usage: Cleaner

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Where's that vacuum cleaner I brought over here (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

The Cleaner fixed you once, but he can fix you again (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter)

Shucks, and I sent my autograph book to the cleaner. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

I wanna be a cleaner. (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson)

I'm with Island fortress cleaner service sir. (Undercover Brother; writing credit: Eran Merav)

Movie/TV Titles

The Vacuum Cleaner (1921)

What the Window Cleaner Saw (1912)

The Vacuum Cleaner Nightmare (1906)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cleaner

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Queen for All Seasons: A Year of Tips, Tricks, and Picks for a Cleaner House and a More Organized Life! (reference)

  • Cleaner Production Assessment in Dairy Processing (reference)

  • Designing Transportation Fuels for a Cleaner Environment (Applied Energy Technology Series) (reference)

  • Green Cleaner (reference)

  • The Telepathic Vacuum Cleaner Salesman (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Video Compression [with] CLEANER 5 (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • Kensington Office Guard Non-Abrasive Anti-Static/Dust Cleaner (reference)

  • Micro Innovations Portable CD Disc Cleaner With Cleaner CD Care Kit & Instructions (reference)

  • Discwasher 1107 2-Brush CD Laser Lens Cleaner (reference)

  • Cleaner Central 1 Us CDlm Edu Fs (reference)

  • PANASONIC DVM-CLA Mini DV Head Cleaner (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Panasonic MC-V5502 Heavy Duty Plus 9-Amp Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Dark Gray (reference)

  • Panasonic MC-V6602 Heavy Duty Plus 10-Amp Upright Vacuum Cleaner, Dark Gray (reference)

  • Delta 50-868K 3-Speed Ambient Air Cleaner with Remote Control and Timer includes Electrostatic Filter a $49.99 Value (reference)

  • Hoover Type Z Allergen Vacuum Cleaner Replacement Bags, Package of 3 (reference)

  • Panasonic MC-C9610 Canister Vacuum Cleaner, Amazon Green (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Cleaner

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Photo Album: Cleaner

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An expert fish cleaner awaits the days' catch at Dolphin Docks. Credit: Fisheries.

Cleaner shrimp are distinguished from other shrimp by their long antennae. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

A spotted cleaner shrimp on pink-tipped anemones. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Stenopus hispidus - banded cleaner shrimp. This type of shrimp is common throughout the tropics. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Buffer strips in the foreground and grassed waterway in the distance protect the natural resources on this farm northwest of Peoria, Illinois. The buffer strip reduces soil erosion and keeps the nearby Illinois River flowing with cleaner water. Credit: Bob Nichols.

A Union County farmer adjusts a nose pump. The pump, operated by cattle which nudge the control to pump them a drink of water, allows the manager to keep cattle a distance from the water supply, which makes for cleaner water. Credit: Laura Greiner.

Caption: Man Using Vacuum Cleaner Mechanism to Polish Silver in the T.B. Wells House, a Country House Powered by Edison Storage Batteries; West Orange, NJ; 1913; {06.100/68} (jpg).

You should use IPANA for cleaner teeth for healthier gums. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Vacuum cleaner. Credit: Library of Congress.

Street cleaner, Havana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Cleaner
 

"Window Cleaner" by Brian Dimarucot
Commentary: "Tough job.."
"High Rise Window Cleaner" by Matthew Maaskant
Commentary: "A window cleaner suspended from a rope on a high rise building. Visit http://www.qr5.com ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Cleaner".

PlayCaption
Vacuum cleaner powering down.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cleaner

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

If you vacuum, use a dust mask (from a hardware store), a double-layered or microfilter vacuum cleaner bag, or a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter. (references)

Business

If these laws were strictly followed, the country would be a much cleaner, safer place. (references)

With that come signs of greater willingness to pay for the means to a cleaner environment. (references)

In addition to efficiency, the government sees nuclear energy as cleaner and better for the environment. (references)

Economic History

Thailand

Along with cleaner balance sheets, completing these measures would go a long way to strengthening the sector. (references)

Chile

Chile has many different environmental problems and it is moving ahead with its plan to achieve a cleaner environment. (references)

India

Clean and renewable energy equipment: Pollution control measures and cleaner technologies have given rise to the need for cleaner energy options. (references)

Human Rights

India

On July 9, Bihar police registered a case against then-Bihar Minister of State for Cooperatives Lalit Yadav, his cousin, and four others for alleged illegal detention and torture of a truck driver and cleaner at the minister's residence. (references)

Political Rights

Egypt

Due to court-ordered supervision by the judiciary of the voting and vote-counting, the process was significantly cleaner and more transparent than previous elections; however, there were a number of problems. (references)

Trade

Philippines

The bank expects to extend a further $9.3 million in technical assistance grants in 2001 for rural microfinance, development of upland communities, irrigation, rural electrification, natural gas regulation, urban services, formal and non-formal education, municipal governance, cleaner production technologies, and judicial reform among others. (references)

Women

Kuwait

In August the criminal court postponed hearing the case of an Indonesian domestic worker who was beaten to death with a vacuum cleaner by her female employer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Cleaner

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Nancy Grace

Well, as you know, I'm clearly not a New Yorker. But long story short, I don't care what the man's driving. I care about the girl's blood on the clothes that he was taking to the cleaner the weekend of her disappearance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Cleaner

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Our air and water are cleaner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Cleaner

"Cleaner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.18% of the time. "Cleaner" is used about 1,044 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)67.18%7019,531
Adjective (comparative)32.82%34315,445
                    Total100.00%1,044N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Cleaner

Expressions using "cleaner": air cleaner bathroom cleaner carpet cleaner cleaner stone dry cleaner glass cleaner gutter cleaner hand cleaner heavy duty cleaner pipe cleaner street cleaner suction cleaner vacuum cleaner vortex cleaner window cleaner. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "cleaner": cleaner-breathing, cleaner-cut, cleaner-out, cleaner-up.

Ending with "cleaner": dry-cleaner, vacuum-cleaner, window-cleaner.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cleaner

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

vacuum cleaner

2,900

ultrasonic cleaner

151

cleaner

1,303

hard drive cleaner

150

registry cleaner

1,181

electronic air cleaner

146

pool cleaner

784

vacuum cleaner rating

139

air cleaner

744

best vacuum cleaner

131

reg cleaner

706

vacuum cleaner part

120

jewelry cleaner

538

hoover vacuum cleaner

107

steam cleaner

473

ram cleaner

105

automatic pool cleaner

446

steam vapor cleaner

105

carpet cleaner

390

trojan cleaner

94

internet cleaner

319

polaris pool cleaner

94

window cleaner

293

glass cleaner

91

disk cleaner

282

kirby vacuum cleaner

84

vacuum cleaner bag

224

x cleaner

82

system cleaner

182

dolphin pool cleaner

81

leather cleaner

168

pc cleaner

78

miele vacuum cleaner

162

copper cleaner

77

vacuum cleaner review

158

grout cleaner

77

easy cleaner

157

cookie cleaner

77

rainbow vacuum cleaner

154

gutter cleaner

76
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cleaner

Language Translations for "cleaner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

punëtor pastrimi (laundryman, mudlark), pastruese (charwoman, cleaning woman), pajisje pastruese. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منظف (detergent, detersive, purifier, strainer), ‏مطهر (abluent, abstergent, antiseptic, circumcised, decontaminator, detergent, disinfectant, disinfected, purifier, sterilizer), ‏العاملة في المنزل, ‏العاملة في المدرسة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

уред за изчистване, чистачка (cleaning woman, scrubwoman, woman), чистач (duster, scourer, scrubber). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

擦净剂 (cleaners), 清潔器 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

vysavaè (Hoover, vacuum cleaner, vacuum flask), uklízeè, èisticí prostředek (abstergent, detergent), èistiè. (various references)

   

Danish

  

virvelsorterer (hydrocyclone, vortex cleaner), sandhage (gagger, hanger, lifter), rensetang (scraper), rensemiddel (detergent, pickle, remover, stripping compound), rengoeringsassistent, rørenser, polerskind (cleaner rubber, rubbing apron), glattejern, flordeler (cleaner rubber, condenser, rubbing apron), facaderenser. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

centrifugaalreiniger (hydrocyclone, vortex cleaner), zandhaak (lifter), schrapper (scraper), schrapijzer (scraper), schoonmaker, rijenpoetser, poetsjongen, poetser (dresser), ontvetter, gladijzer, gietstukkenschoonmaker, gevelreiniger, blokhaak, bietenpoetser. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

polvosuĉilo (vacuum cleaner, vacuum-cleaner). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

siivooja (chambermaid, charwoman, stewardess), pyörrepuhdistin (hydrocyclone, vortex cleaner), puhdistusaine (detergent), hiekkakoukku (gagger, hanger, lifter). (various references)

   

French

  

nettoyeur (cleaning). (various references)

   

German

  

sauberer (cleanlier), putzer (purging). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καθαριστής (blower, blowing machine, swingling machine). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מנקה, חומר נקוי (detergent). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tisztító (dry cleaner's, purgatorial, purificatory, purifier, refiner). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pembersih (janitor). (various references)

   

Italian

  

curetta (scraper), cavasabbia (lifter), sgrassanti, sbavatrice, pulitrice (malt polisher, polisher), pulitore di facciate, pulitore (burnisher, disc scraper, scraper), levigatoio, inserviente (attendant, orderly, servant), idrociclone (hydrocyclone, vortex cleaner), frottatore (cleaner rubber, rubbing apron), epuratore centrifugo (hydrocyclone, vortex cleaner), depuratore (depurator), battisabbia, addetto alle pulizie. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

掃除人 (janitor), クラフト紙 (clan, cleaning, cleek, club, club face, club head, club sandwich, clubhouse, crab, craft paper, cranberry, crank, cream, cream sauce, cream sundae, cream-filled roll, Creap, creek, creeping inflation, diseased persons, dry cleaning, finish shooting, icecream soda, Kleene, laundry service, startfilming). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そうじにん (janitor), クリーナー . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

세탁기술자 (cleaners). (various references)

   

Manx

  

glenneyder (cleanser, gutter, purificator, purifier, scavenger), glenney (act of vindication, chip, clarification, clarification honey, clarify, clean, clearance; glass, discharge, draw, draw as fowl, dust, expurgate, freshen, grub, pay off, purge, purification, purify, rid, satisfaction, scale, scavenge, settlement, sink, try out, try out as metal, weed, wipe). (various references)

   

Maya

  

haapab (vacuum cleaner). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

stòfzùiger (vacuum cleaner, vacuum-cleaner). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eanerclay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

limpador. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

curãţitor (cleaning, detergent). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

lavandaria chemica (dry cleaner). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

уборщик (cleaning people, janitor, swabber), чистильщик, мойщик окон, 1. амер. уборщица; редк. уборщик . (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mašina za čišćenje, čistač (scourer, sweeper). (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

aspirapulviri (vacuum cleaner). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

limpiador (cleanser, detergent, dustman, eraser). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

städerska (chambermaid, chamber-maid, char, charlady, charwoman, cleaning woman, maid, servant), rengöringsmedel (cleanser, detergent). (various references)

   

Thai

  

น้ำยาทำความสะอาด, ผู้ทำความสะอาด. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

temizlikçi (cleanser), temizlik maddesi (detergent), temizleyici (cleansing, detergent, detersive, purgative, purificatory, purifier, swabber), silgi (duster, eraser, india rubber, rubber). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

чистильник (cleanser), власник хімічної чистки, мийник вікон, прибиральник (janitor, porter, swabber). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thoạ đánh giày, thợ tẩy quần áo, người rửa ráy, người quét tước, người lau chùi (scrubber), máy hút bụi (dust-collector, vacuum cleaner). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Cleaner

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 9, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai ta imatia autou egeneto stilbonta leuka lian wV ciwn oia gnafeuV epi thV ghV ou dunatai leukanai
Latin405VulgateEt apparuit illis Helias cum Mose et erant loquentes cum Iesu
Old English990West Saxon& his reaf wurðen glitiniende swa hwiteswa snaw. swa nan fullere ofer eorðen nemaig swa hwite don.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd Helie with Moises apperide to hem, and thei spaken with Jhesu.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd his rayment dyd shyne and was made very whyte even as snowe: so whyte as noo fuller can make apon the erth.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can whiten them.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd his clothing became shining, very white, as no cleaner on earth would make it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Cleaner

LanguageMark Chapter 9, Verse 3
Cebuanoug ang iyang mga sapot migilak sa hilabihang kaputi nga labaw pa sa kaputi gumikan sa bisan unsa nga pagladlad nga himoon dinhi sa yuta.
CroatianI haljine mu postadoše sjajne, bijele veoma - nijedan ih bjelilac na zemlji ne bi mogao tako izbijeliti.
DanishOg hans Klæder bleve skinnende, meget hvide, så at ingen Blegemand på Jorden kan gøre Klæder så hvide.
DutchEn Zijn klederen werden blinkende, zeer wit als sneeuw, hoedanige geen voller op aarde zo wit maken kan.
Finnishja hänen vaatteensa tulivat hohtaviksi, niin ylen valkoisiksi, ettei kukaan vaatteenvalkaisija maan päällä taida semmoiseksi valkaista.
Frenchses vêtements devinrent resplendissants, et d`une telle blancheur qu`il n`est pas de foulon sur la terre qui puisse blanchir ainsi.
GaelicAgus dh` fhas eideadh dealrach is ro-gheal mar shneachda, geal mar nach urrainn fucadair air talamh a dhianamh.
GermanUnd seine Kleider wurden hell und sehr weiß wie der Schnee, daß sie kein Färber auf Erden kann so weiß machen.
Haitian Creolerad li vin klere tou blan. Pa gen lesivyèz sou latè ki kapab blanchi konsa.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPakaian-Nya menjadi putih berkilauan. Tidak ada seorang penatu pun di dunia ini yang dapat mencuci seputih itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka pakaian-Nya pun bercahaya-cahaya terlalu sangat putihnya, sehingga tiada seorang penatu pun di atas bumi dapat memutihkan yang sedemikian itu.
Italiane le sue vesti divennero splendenti, bianchissime: nessun lavandaio sulla terra potrebbe renderle così bianche.
MaoriNa kanapa tonu ona kakahu, ma tonu me te hukarere; e kore e taea e te kaihoroi i runga i te whenua te mea kia pera te ma.
Norwegianog hans klær blev skinnende, aldeles hvite, så ingen bleker på jorden kan gjøre klær så hvite.
Portugueseas suas vestes tornaram-se resplandecentes, extremamente brancas, tais como nenhum lavandeiro sobre a terra as poderia branquear.   
RumanianHainele Lui s`au fqcut strqlucitoare wi foarte albe, de o albeayq pe care nici un nqlbitor de pe pqmknt n`o poate da.
RussianпДЕЦДЩ еЗП УДЕМБМЙУШ ВМЙУФБАЭЙНЙ, ЧЕУШНБ ВЕМЩНЙ, ЛБЛ УОЕЗ, ЛБЛ ОБ ЪЕНМЕ ВЕМЙМШЭЙЛ ОЕ НПЦЕФ ЧЩВЕМЙФШ.
ShuarNi pushirisha ti puju Jíitsumir ajattsarmiayi. Nujai métek puju awajsatin ju nunkanam atsawai.
SpanishSus vestiduras se hicieron resplandecientes, muy blancas, tanto que ningún lavandero en la tierra las puede dejar tan blancas.
Swahilimavazi yake yakang`aa, yakawa meupe sana, jinsi dobi yeyote duniani asingeweza kuyafanya meupe.
Swedishoch hans kläder blevo glänsande och mycket vita, så att ingen valkare på jorden kan göra kläder så vita.
UmaPohea-na hangaa mengea' meringkila', uma ria haduaa hi rala dunia' tohe'i to ma'ala mo'uja' duu' -na mengea' hewa toe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cleaner

Derivations

Words beginning with "cleaner": cleaners. (additional references)

Words ending with "cleaner": uncleaner. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Cleaner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Calenberg, celane, cleane, cleani, cleantex, Cleyndert, clooner, Flehner, flexneri, pleaner, Scleater. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cleaner"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "cleaner" (pronounced klē"ner)
4-l ē" n erleaner.
3-ē" n erdemeanor, greener, intervenor, keener, meaner, misdemeanor, screener, wiener.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Cleaner

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: reclean.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-r"

-1 letter: careen, cereal, crenel, enlace, lancer, leaner, recane, relace.

-2 letters: anele, caner, carle, clean, clear, crane, creel, lacer, lance, laree, learn, nacre, rance, ranee, renal.

-3 letters: acne, acre, alec, alee, cane, care, carl, carn, cere, clan, earl, earn, elan, erne, lace, lane, lean, lear, leer, narc, near, race, rale, real, reel.

-4 letters: ace, ale, ane.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-n-r"
 

+1 letter: calender, canceler, cerulean, clarence, cleaners, cleanser, larcener, preclean, recleans, reliance, vernacle.

 

+2 letters: arecoline, blackener, calenders, calenture, cancelers, canceller, celebrant, centraler, ceruleans, channeler, clarences, cleanlier, cleansers, clearance, clearness, coeternal, concealer, crenulate, freelance, herculean, interlace, larceners, larcenies, overclean, percaline, precancel, precleans, rebalance, rechannel, recleaned, rectangle, relevance, relevancy, reliances, tolerance, uncleaner, unclearer, vernacles.

 

+3 letters: accelerant, allergenic, arecolines, blackeners, calendared, calendered, calenderer, calentures, camerlengo, cancellers, cantilever, celebrants, censurable, centralest, centralise, centralize, ceremonial, challenger, chandelier, channelers, clearances, coelentera, concealers, confederal, credential, crenelated, crenulated, epicentral, freelanced, freelancer, freelances, interlaced, interlaces, leprechaun, linebacker, linecaster, menarcheal, mercantile, overcleans, percalines, precancels, precleaned, prevalence, rebalanced, rebalances, recanalize, rechannels, recleaning, rectangles, relaunched, relaunches, relevances, reluctance, screenable, screenland, screenplay, superclean, tabernacle, tolerances, trancelike, unclearest, undeclared.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Sounds
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Quotations: Spoken
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Bible Trace
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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