dry-cleaned

1. 1.

   cleaned with chemical solvents

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Questions about dry-cleaned

What does dry-cleaned mean?

dry-cleaned means "cleaned with chemical solvents".

How many syllables are in dry-cleaned?

dry-cleaned has 3 syllables: dry--clea-ned. The stress falls on "dry-".

Is dry-cleaned a common word?

dry-cleaned is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.