HOUSECLEANING

housecleaning

(noun) the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house; “efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time”

housecleaning

(noun) (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; “more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms”; “many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

housecleaning (countable and uncountable, plural housecleanings)

Collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house.

Etymology 2

Verb

housecleaning

present participle of houseclean

Anagrams

• cleaning house

Source: Wiktionary



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