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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Cleans rugs with chemical solutions in plant or on customer's premises, using handbrushes or portable scrubbing machine, determining washing method according to condition of rug: Vacuums rugs to remove loose dirt. Guides scrubbing machine over rug surface or sprays rug with cleaning solution under pressure to agitate nap and loosen embedded dirt. Removes excess suds and water from rug during scrubbing operation, using vacuum nozzle or squeegee. Identifies persistent stains and selects spotting agent to remove stain according to type of fiber, dye, and stain. Rubs chemical solution into rug with handbrush until stain disappears. Rinses rug, using water hose, and hangs rug on rack to dry. Pushes pilating (pile lifting) machine over surface of dried rug to raise and fluff nap or brushes pile, using broom. Removes excess water by feeding rugs between rollers of mechanical wringer, putting rugs in extractor, or going over surface with squeegee or vacuum nozzle. Brushes, sprays, or sprinkles sizing solutions on the backs of rugs, using handbrush, spray gun, or sprinkling can. May scrub fragile or oriental rugs, using handbrush, soap, and water. May spray acetic acid or salt solution over washed rugs to prevent colors from running. May measure rugs to determine cleaning fee. May clean upholstered furniture, using sponge, brush, and cleaning solutions. May trim frayed edges of carpet and rebind carpet edges, using scissors, knife, needle, and thread. May perform rug cleaning duties as employee of establishment, such as hotel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CARPET CLEANER |
| Specialty definitions using "CARPET CLEANER": VAX. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "CARPET CLEANER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | battitappeto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arpetcay eanerclay lavadora de carpetes. (various references) cepillo de alfombra. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-e-l-n-p-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: preclearance. | |
-3 letters: accelerant, accelerate, parenteral, receptacle. | |
-4 letters: carpenter, centraler, clearance, placentae, precancel, reactance. | |
-5 letters: acceptee, accepter, calceate, canceler, carcanet, careener, catnaper, cetacean, clarence, lacerate, larcener, lateener, palterer, panetela, parcener, parental, parlance, parlante, paternal, pentacle, placater, placenta, praelect, preclean, preclear, preelect, preenact, preerect, prenatal, prerenal, pretence, reaccent, reaccept, recanter, recarpet, recenter, recreant, recreate, relearnt, repartee. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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