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dry-clean

verbB1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To dry-clean is to clean a garment with chemicals instead of water. Dry-clean only, have it dry-cleaned, dry-clean the suit.

It is not dry at all, since the garment is soaked in solvent rather than in water. Dry-clean only on a label means the fabric or the make-up of the garment would be ruined by washing.

Definitions of dry-clean

  1. 1verbdry-cleanTo clean a garment with chemicals instead of water.B1

    “You have to dry-clean that coat or the lining will pucker.”

dry-clean is a cleaning.

Also accepted in games: dry clean

Practised in Clothes & Fashion

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