cleaner
clea·ner
noun
1.
a preparation used in cleaning something
2.
the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
3.
someone whose occupation is cleaning
Origin
Inherited from Middle English clener, clenner, clanner, clannere, from Old English clǣnra, clǣnre (“cleaner, purer, clearer”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainiʀō (“daintier, more delicate”), from Proto-Germanic *klainizô (“shinier, finer, more splendid”), equivalent to clean + -er.
Phrases
- air cleaner
- all-purpose cleaner
- cleaner fish
- cleaner shrimp
- crime scene cleaner
- deep cleaner
- denture cleaner
- drain cleaner
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