HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cleaner
/ˈkli.nɚ/
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What does cleaner mean?
noun
- A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
- A device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
- 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
- A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business).
- (informal) A fixer; a person who disposes of bodies and evidence.
adjective
- Comparative form of clean: more clean.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkli.nɚ/
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See this word in context.
It was cleaner, the suburbs were fresher, more rural and much pleasanter on account of their verdure, shade, and magnificent vegetation.
If any man is discouraged, let him consider the rise of cleaner standards in this country within the last ten years.
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.
Tom Loker was soon carefully deposited in a much cleaner and softer bed than he had ever been in the habit of occupying.
He was a silent man, American born, of a Swede father, and now employed as a cleaner of refrigerator cars at the stock-yards.