- a person whose job is to clean other people’s houses or offices, etc.
- an office cleaner
- I met him while I was working as a cleaner in a hospital.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hospital
- house
- office
- …
- (usually in compounds) a machine or substance that is used for cleaning
- a vacuum cleaner
- a bottle of kitchen cleaner
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathroom
- carpet
- drain
- …
- cleaner’s(plural cleaners)(also dry-cleaner’s)a shop where clothes, curtains, etc. are cleaned, especially with chemicals
- Can you pick up my suit from the cleaner's?
Idioms
See cleaner in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytake somebody to the cleaners (informal)
- to steal all of somebody’s money, etc., or to get it using a trick
- to defeat somebody completely
- Our team got taken to the cleaners.
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