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cleaner

/ˈkli.nɚ/

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What does cleaner mean?

noun

  1. A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
  2. A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
  3. A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
  2. (informal) A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.

adjective

  1. Comparative form of clean: more clean.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkli.nɚ/

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It was cleaner, the suburbs were fresher, more rural and much pleasanter on account of their verdure, shade, and magnificent vegetation.
Henry Walter BatesThe Naturalist on the River AmazonsProject Gutenberg ebook #2440
If any man is discouraged, let him consider the rise of cleaner standards in this country within the last ten years.
Gifford PinchotThe Fight for ConservationProject Gutenberg ebook #11238
More book examples (3)
In the list was a dyer and cleaner, married, with a wife and nine children, who had been able to earn 40s.
William BoothIn Darkest England, and the Way OutProject Gutenberg ebook #475
Tom Loker was soon carefully deposited in a much cleaner and softer bed than he had ever been in the habit of occupying.
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinProject Gutenberg ebook #203
He was a silent man, American born, of a Swede father, and now employed as a cleaner of refrigerator cars at the stock-yards.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233