Word family noun cleaner cleaning cleanliness clean cleanser adjective clean ≠ unclean verb clean cleanse adverb clean cleanly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcleanerclean‧er /ˈkliːnə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 noun 1 BOCLEAN[countable] especially British English someone whose job is to clean other people’s houses, offices etc2 DHC[countable, uncountable] a machine or substance used for cleaning a vacuum cleaner toilet bowl cleaner3 → the cleaner’s4 → take somebody to the cleaner’sExamples from the Corpus
cleaner• She even knew of a cleaner she was sure would be able and willing.• Do mid-day supervisors, cooks, cleaners, caretaker and crossing patrol receive copies?• Keep household cleaners away from children.• Wayne had previously worked as a pool cleaner.• We finish work at six, and then the cleaners come in.• I lit his cigarettes and took his suits to the cleaners.• But those pants went to the cleaners this very morning.• Macrophages are something like a cross between a Pac Man and a vacuum cleaner.• a window cleaner 