cleaner (redirected from take to the cleaners)

clean·er  (klnr)

n.

1. One whose work or business is cleaning.

2. A machine or substance used in cleaning.

3. A dry-cleaning establishment. Often used in the plural.

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cleaner

Noun

1. a person, device, or substance that removes dirt

2. a shop or firm that provides a dry-cleaning service

3. take someone to the cleaners Informal to rob or defraud someone

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cleaner - a preparation used in cleaning something cleanser, cleansing agent bathroom cleaner - a preparation for cleaning bathrooms dentifrice - a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush detergent - a cleansing agent that differs from soap but can also emulsify oils and hold dirt in suspension shampoo - cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair soap - a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats formulation, preparation - a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
	2.	cleaner - the operator of dry-cleaning establishment dry cleaner market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman - a merchant who owns or manages a shop
	3.	cleaner - someone whose occupation is cleaning charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, char, woman - a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" chimneysweep, chimneysweeper, sweep - someone who cleans soot from chimneys laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor scourer - someone who cleanses by scouring street cleaner, street sweeper - a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department) window cleaner - someone who cleans windows for pay

Translations

cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] n → encargado/a m/f de la limpieza (also: dry cleaner) → tintorero/a

cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] clean n (= person) → nettoyeur/euse, femme f de ménage;

(also: dry cleaner) → teinturier/ière (= product); détachant m

cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] clean n → Raumpfleger(in) m(f);

(woman) → Putzfrau f;

(substance) → Reinigungsmittel nt, Putzmittel nt

cleaner [ˈkliːnəʳ] n (person) → uomo(donna) delle pulizie;

(also: dry cleaner) → tintore/a;

(product) → smacchiatore m