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- [noun, adjective hous klee-ning]
- /noun, adjective haʊs ˈkli nɪŋ/
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- [noun, adjective hous klee-ning]
- /noun, adjective haʊs ˈkli nɪŋ/
Definitions of house-cleaning word
- noun house-cleaning the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely. 1
- noun house-cleaning the act of improving or reforming by weeding out excess or corrupt personnel or of revising methods of operation. 1
- verb with object house-cleaning to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning. 1
- verb without object house-cleaning to engage in housecleaning. 1
- noun house-cleaning the act of cleaning the inside of a person's house 0
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Origin of house-cleaning
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; house + cleaning
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Parts of speech for House-cleaning
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
house-cleaning popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Synonyms for house-cleaning
noun house-cleaning
- charwoman — A charwoman is a woman who is employed to clean houses or offices.
- cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
- dailies — of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday: daily attendance; a daily newspaper.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- maidservant — a female servant.
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