shop where dry cleaning is done
"I left my suit at the cleaners so it could be professionally cleaned before the meeting."
plural of cleaner
"We left our suits at the cleaners before heading out for dinner."
A professional laundry or dry cleaner (business). (This form is now interpreted as plural and usually spelled without an apostrophe, even in official usage, to justify the removal of the apostrophe. It was traditionally spelled cleaner's with an apostrophe because this is grammatically correct, as can be seen with forms such as go to the doctor's, which cannot be reinterpreted as plural.)
In plain English: Cleaners are people who make places look neat and tidy by removing dirt and messes.
"We hired some cleaners to wash our windows after the storm."
Usage: Use cleaners to refer collectively to the staff members who operate a laundromat or dry cleaning business. Avoid adding an apostrophe when using this word as a standard noun phrase, such as "the cleaners are closed."