- housecleaning - (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"
--1 is a kind of reform
- housecleaning - the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house; "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time"
--2 is a kind of cleaning, cleansing, cleanup
Derived form: verb houseclean1 - housecleaning - the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house; "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time"
- houseclean, clean house, clean - clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week"
--1 is one way to tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun housecleaning2
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