cleaner

A person whose job is to remove dirt from rooms, buildings, or other things.

• The cleaner comes on Fridays.
• We hired a cleaner for the office.
• The cleaners washed all the windows.

Common phrases: office cleaner, hire a cleaner, window cleaner

A liquid, powder, or other product used to remove dirt from things.

• Use this cleaner on the sink.
• The cleaner removed the grease from the oven.
• Keep household cleaners away from children.

Similar words: cleaning product, cleaning agent

Common phrases: glass cleaner, household cleaner, oven cleaner

A machine that removes dirt from floors or other things.

• The vacuum cleaner is broken.
• She rented a steam cleaner for the carpets.
• This cleaner removes dust from wooden floors.

Similar words: cleaning machine

Common phrases: vacuum cleaner, steam cleaner, carpet cleaner

A business that washes clothes or cleans them using special chemicals.

• My suit is at the cleaner's.
• The cleaner got the stain out of my coat.
• I collected my shirts from the cleaners.

Similar words: dry cleaner

Common phrases: dry cleaner, at the cleaner's, local cleaner

Having less dirt than before or than something else.

• Your hands look cleaner now.
• This river is cleaner than it was last year.
• Can you get the floor any cleaner?

How to use it: cleaner than someone/something (The kitchen is cleaner than the bathroom.)

Opposites: dirtier

Common phrases: much cleaner, cleaner clothes, cleaner than something