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Definition: Dry Clean |
Dry CleanVerb1. Clean with chemical agents. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | To remove grease, oil, and dirt from garments or fabrics by treating them in an organic solvent, as distinct from aqueous liquors. Examples of suitable solvents are white spirit, trichlorethylene, and perchlorethylene. The process was originally known as'French cleaning'. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Dry clean clothing that is not washable. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Non-food franchises include a Radio Shack Store, GNC Vitamin stores, Payless Shoes, Alphagraphics, Sir Speedy, Dry Clean USA, Mr. Movies, Ethan Allen, Meineke Mufflers, and a number of up-scale clothing outlets, including Benetton, Liz Claiborne and Versace. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dry clean | 44 |
dry clean machine | 4 |
dry clean equipment | 4 |
dry clean at home | 4 |
dry clean software | 3 |
power wash n dry clean machine | 3 |
dry clean only | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dry clean"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تنظيف الملابس بمذيبات عضوية غير مائية, التنظيف جاف. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyèistit chemicky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nettoyer sec, nettoyage sec (dry cleaning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | chemisch reinigen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mencuci tanpa air. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pulire a secco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ydray eanclay lavar a seco, lavagem a seco (dry-cleaning). (various references) curãţa haine fãrã apã, curãţa chimic. (various references) limpiar en seco. (various references) tvätta (clean, wash, washing), kemtvätta. (various references) kuru temizlemek. (various references) піддавати хімічній чистці. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-l-n-r-y" | |
-1 letter: ardency, candler, larceny. | |
-2 letters: adenyl, candle, carney, cedarn, clayed, cradle, craned, credal, dancer, darnel, dearly, denary, lanced, lancer, lander, nacred, nearly, reclad, yarned. | |
-3 letters: acned, acred, alder, arced, cadre, candy, caned, caner, cared, carle, carny, cedar, clade, clary, clean, clear, crane, cyder, dance, deary, decal, decay, decry, delay, denar, deray, dynel, early, eland. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-l-n-r-y" | |
+1 letter: chandlery. | |
+3 letters: candleberry, secondarily. | |
+4 letters: considerably, coordinately, cotyledonary, decreasingly, discrepantly, glycerinated, ineradicably, radiolucency. | |
+5 letters: adrenalectomy, aerodynamical, considerately, constrainedly, deprecatingly, documentarily, indescribably, unpredictably. | |
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