HOUSECLEANING
Dictionary entry overview: What does housecleaning mean? • HOUSECLEANING (noun)
The noun HOUSECLEANING has 2 senses:
1. (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
2. the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house
Familiarity information: HOUSECLEANING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOUSECLEANING (noun)
Meaning:
(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context examples:
more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms / many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners
Hypernyms ("housecleaning" is a kind of...):
reform (a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses)
Meaning:
The act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time
Hypernyms ("housecleaning" is a kind of...):
cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"Friend to all is a friend to none." (English proverb)
"Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way." (Native American proverb, Blackfoot)
"If the hair was precious, wouldn't grow on the ass." (Arabic proverb)
"A disaster never comes alone." (Croatian proverb)
Page delivered in 0.0371 seconds
|
