Cleaner Meaning
/ˈkliː.nə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.
nounA device that cleans, such as the vacuum cleaner.
Sentence Examples
Mac helped me carry the vacuum cleaner.
I'd like to send my dress to a dry cleaner.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The new ____ removed the stubborn grease stain from the pan.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We need to hire a professional window ____ to tidy up the high-rise office windows.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English clener, clenere, equivalent to clean + -er (agent noun suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The cleaner worked, of course, at nights. He had to coal and light up the engine, as well as clean it, for the next day's work, which commenced with a light run to Barnham to "bring in the goods" from that station at about 6.30 a.m."
— 1952 February, J. Pelham Maitland, “Locomotive Working on Sussex Branches Fifty Years Ago”, in Railway Magazine, page 84:
"Diesel No. C222 was shunting near the shed, as was a 4-4-0 with a very large-looking boiler, No. 306, which was much the cleaner of the two."
— 1959 May 26, R. A. Young, “A Railway Holiday in Ireland—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 346:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The new ____ removed the stubborn grease stain from the pan.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We need to hire a professional window ____ to tidy up the high-rise office windows.