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Dry cleaning

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

/ˌdraɪ ˈkliːnɪŋ/nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, dry cleaning means: A way of cleaning clothes such as suits and silk dresses with chemicals instead of water, offered by many hotels as a paid service.

In Turkish: kuru temizleme

How it is used

Guests fill in the laundry and dry cleaning list in the room and leave the bag for collection. The list shows prices and return times, such as same-day service for items collected before 10 a.m. Pressing means ironing only.

Example sentences

  1. Could you send this suit for dry cleaning? I need it for a meeting tomorrow.

  2. Dry cleaning collected before 9 a.m. is returned the same evening.

Common collocations

  • send for dry cleaning
  • dry cleaning service
  • laundry and dry cleaning list
  • same-day dry cleaning
  • pressing
  • laundry serviceA hotel service that washes, dries, irons or dry-cleans guests' clothes, usually for a fee shown on a price list.
  • housekeepingThe hotel department that cleans and prepares guest rooms and public areas and looks after towels, sheets and room supplies.
  • charge to the roomTo add the cost of food, drinks or services to a guest's room bill so they can pay for everything together at check-out.
  • incidentalsExtra charges a guest makes during a stay that are not part of the room rate, such as minibar, room service or phone calls.

More terms: Housekeeping

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