Usually means: Cleaning clothes without water use.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word dry clean:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. dry-clean: Merriam-Webster
  2. dry-clean: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dry-clean: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dry-clean, dry-clean: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dry clean: Vocabulary.com
  6. dry-clean: Wordnik
  7. dry clean: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dry-clean, dry clean: Wiktionary
  9. dry-clean: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dry-clean: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dry-clean: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dry-clean, dry clean: Dictionary.com
  13. dry-clean: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Dry clean: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. dry clean: Rhymezone
  16. dry-clean, dry clean: FreeDictionary.org
  17. dry clean: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. dry-clean, dry clean: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. dry clean: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. dry-clean, dry clean: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dry clean)

▸ verb:  To clean clothes or other fabrics through a process that uses solvents and specialized equipment instead of using water.

Similar:
dry-clean, dryclean, defat, presoak, Martinize, disinfect, dry shower, sour, wash, desolvate, more...

Types:
perchloroethylene, hydrocarbon, silicone, GreenEarth, CO2 cleaning, petroleum-based, more...

Adjectives:
drip-dry, dolly, limp, flash, milled, washing-up, grizzly, fodient, grit, stoneground, scrub

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Similar:
dry-clean, dryclean, defat, presoak, Martinize, disinfect, dry shower, sour, wash, desolvate, more...

Types:
perchloroethylene, hydrocarbon, silicone, GreenEarth, CO2 cleaning, petroleum-based, more...

Adjectives:
drip-dry, dolly, limp, flash, milled, washing-up, grizzly, fodient, grit, stoneground, scrub



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