cleaner
/ˈkliːnə(r)/noun
उच्चारण क्लीनर
सफ़ाईकर्मी, सफ़ाई करने वाला
Basic word
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[C]
a person whose job is to clean other people's houses, offices or other buildings
सफ़ाईकर्मी, सफ़ाई करने वाला
- The office cleaner comes every evening.
- The cleaner sweeps the corridor before office hours.
- A cleaner works in the hostel every morning.
+ 1 more example
- The school appointed a new cleaner.
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[C, U]
a substance or a machine used for cleaning
सफ़ाई का पदार्थ या मशीन, क्लीनर
- a bottle of glass cleaner
- a vacuum cleaner
- Use a mild cleaner on the wooden floor.
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- This bathroom cleaner removes hard stains.
- A powerful vacuum cleaner picked up all the dust.
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[C, usually the cleaner's]
a shop where clothes and other items are cleaned, especially with chemicals
ड्राई क्लीनर की दुकान
- I took my suit to the cleaner's.
- My coat is at the cleaner's.
- I collect the wedding clothes from the cleaner's tomorrow.
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- The cleaner's on the high street is closed on Sundays.
Synonyms dry-cleaner's
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
cleaner (person): countable noun
A cleaner is a person employed to clean offices, houses or public places.
Cleaner वह व्यक्ति है जो दफ़्तरों, घरों या सार्वजनिक स्थानों की सफ़ाई के लिए नियुक्त होता है।
- The cleaner arrives at six every morning.
- A school cleaner found the lost keys.
cleaner (substance / machine)
A cleaner can also be a product or machine, often with a modifier: floor cleaner, vacuum cleaner.
Cleaner कोई पदार्थ या मशीन भी हो सकता है, प्रायः modifier के साथ: floor cleaner, vacuum cleaner।
- Pour the toilet cleaner and wait five minutes.
- She used a window cleaner on the glass.
the cleaner's / dry cleaner's
With 's, the cleaner's is a shop where clothes are cleaned, usually by dry cleaning.
's के साथ the cleaner's उस दुकान को कहते हैं जहाँ कपड़े साफ़ किए जाते हैं, प्रायः dry cleaning से।
- I took my suit to the cleaner's.
- The dry cleaner's closes at eight.
cleaner as comparative of clean
Cleaner is also the comparative adjective, meaning more clean; here it is followed by than.
Cleaner, clean का comparative adjective भी है, अर्थात अधिक साफ़; इसके बाद than आता है।
- The river is cleaner than last year.
- This kitchen is cleaner than mine.
+Collocations 4
noun + cleaner
vacuumfloorwindowtoiletcarpetglass
- A vacuum cleaner removes dust from the carpet.
adjective + cleaner
stronggentleall-purposeeco-friendlypowerfulprofessional
- Use an eco-friendly cleaner to protect the river.
verb + cleaner
hirepayusespraybuywork as
- The college will hire two cleaners for the new block.
cleaner + noun
fluidjobbucketuniformcupboardshift
- The cleaner's cupboard had mops and buckets.
“More examples 5
- Radhika's mother works as a cleaner in a government office.
राधिका की माँ एक सरकारी दफ़्तर में सफ़ाईकर्मी का काम करती है।
- He sprayed the glass cleaner and wiped the window.
उसने काँच साफ़ करने वाला स्प्रे छिड़का और खिड़की पोंछी।
- The air is cleaner in the hills than in the city.
पहाड़ों में हवा शहर की तुलना में अधिक साफ़ है।
- We bought a new vacuum cleaner before Diwali.
हमने दीवाली से पहले नया वैक्यूम क्लीनर खरीदा।
- My coat is at the cleaner's and will be ready on Friday.
मेरा कोट ड्राई क्लीनर की दुकान पर है और शुक्रवार को तैयार होगा।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ This room is more cleaner than that one.
✓ This room is cleaner than that one.
Do not use more with a comparative already ending in -er.
-er वाले comparative के साथ 'more' नहीं लगता।
✗ I gave my shirt to the cleaner for washing.
✓ I gave my shirt to the cleaner's for dry cleaning.
The shop is the cleaner's, with an apostrophe s; a cleaner alone is a person.
दुकान 'the cleaner's' होती है, apostrophe s के साथ; केवल 'cleaner' व्यक्ति है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Cleaner, sweeper and janitor all do cleaning work, but the word depends on place and job.
Cleaner, sweeper और janitor सभी सफ़ाई का काम करते हैं, पर शब्द स्थान और कार्य पर निर्भर है।
The general word for a person who cleans rooms and buildings.
कमरों और इमारतों की सफ़ाई करने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- The cleaner mopped the corridor.
sweeper
Someone who sweeps roads or floors, or a machine that does it.
सड़कें या फ़र्श बुहारने वाला व्यक्ति, या यह काम करने वाली मशीन।
- A road sweeper started at dawn.
American word for a person who looks after a building and cleans it.
इमारत की देखभाल और सफ़ाई करने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए American शब्द।
- The school janitor locked the doors.
¶Idioms 1
take sb to the cleaners
(informal) to cheat somebody and take a lot of their money, or to defeat somebody completely
किसी को ठगकर लूट लेना, बुरी तरह हरा देना
- The fake investment scheme took many families to the cleaners.
- Our team was taken to the cleaners in the final.