dry cleaning service

Meaning

A professional cleaning service offered by hotels or external shops that cleans delicate clothes without using water. Instead, it uses chemical solvents, making it ideal for suits, silk dresses, and wool coats. Guests usually leave their items in a designated bag with a form for the hotel staff to collect.

Examples

• Does the hotel offer a same-day dry cleaning service for business travelers?

  Does the hotel offer a same-day dry cleaning service for business travelers?

• I need to use the dry cleaning service to get the wrinkles out of my suit before the conference.

  I need to use the dry cleaning service to get the wrinkles out of my suit before the conference.

• Could you please tell me the rates for the hotel's dry cleaning service?

  Could you please tell me the rates for the hotel's dry cleaning service?

• Just put your dirty suit in the laundry bag if you want to use the dry cleaning service.

  Just put your dirty suit in the laundry bag if you want to use the dry cleaning service.

• The dry cleaning service returned my dress looking brand new and perfectly pressed.

  The dry cleaning service returned my dress looking brand new and perfectly pressed.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to send my suit to the dry wash service.

  ✓ I want to send my suit to the dry cleaning service.

  'Dry wash' is not a standard term in English; the correct and universally understood phrase is 'dry cleaning'.

• ✗ Does the hotel have a dry cleaner service?

  ✓ Does the hotel have a dry cleaning service?

  While 'dry cleaner' refers to the person or shop doing the work, the service provided is called 'dry cleaning service'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I spilled coffee on my silk blouse, so I need to find a good ___.

  💡 A service that cleans clothes without water.

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  dry cleaning service

• Can I get this suit back by tomorrow morning if I use the hotel's ___?

  💡 Professional care for delicate or formal clothing.

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  dry cleaning service