noun
Refers to the process of cleaning clothes with chemical solvents instead of water. Used as a noun; often combined with する to mean 'to dry-clean'.
このスーツはドライクリーニングに出してください。
Please take this suit to the dry cleaner's.
ドライクリーニングしたばかりのシャツを着た。
I put on a shirt that had just been dry-cleaned.
Variant with a middle dot; less common but still seen.
洗濯 is general laundry with water, while ドライクリーニング specifically uses chemical solvents.
Loanword from English 'dry cleaning'.