present participle of dry-clean

The process of cleaning clothes and other fabrics without using water, instead using solvents and specialized equipment.

present participle of dry clean

A person whose business is the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics. / A business establishment that engages in the dry cleaning of clothes and other fabrics.

(transitive) To remove volatile liquid from (a substance) by sublimation, normally under vacuum, from the frozen state.

To dry something until it is only damp.

Made of a fabric that does not wrinkle when hung dripping wet for drying.

A clothing item that can be washed and drip-dried.

To dry by hanging up wet.

(nonstandard) A clothes dryer.