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Definition of Dry-cleaned
1. Adjective. Cleaned with chemical solvents.
Definition of Dry-cleaned
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of dry cleaned) (past of dry-clean) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dry-cleaned
Literary usage of Dry-cleaned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Environmental Issues in Primary Careedited by Barbara S. Murdock edited by Barbara S. Murdock (1994)
"Tetrachloroethylene is a widely used dry cleaning solvent; most people are exposed
when they wear or store freshly dry- cleaned clothes. ..."
2. Coal and Its Scientific Uses by William Arthur Bone (1919)
"... and further cleaned until its dust content does not exceed 0-015 gram per
cubic metre. (9) The hot blast stoves should be heated by dry-cleaned gas. ..."
3. American Fuels by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1922)
"In the greater part of the work, oil has been used in an amount equal to 0.3 Ib.
per pound of dry cleaned coal. If a coal contains 25 per cent of removable ..."
4. 6th Annual Report on Carcinogens (1991) by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... dry cleaning machines and freshly dry-cleaned clothing. ln a limited study,
six coin- operated facilities in the Washington, DC, area were sampled. ..."
5. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"In one very limited study, the tetrachloroethylene levels were measured in the
bedroom of one house in which freshly dry-cleaned clothing was hung in the ..."
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