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housecleaning definition

☆ house·clean·ing (ho̵us′klēn′iŋ)

noun

  1. the cleaning of the furniture, floors, woodwork, etc. of a house
  2. a getting rid of superfluous things, undesirable conditions, etc.

Related Forms:

  • houseclean house′·clean′ intransitive verb, transitive verb

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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