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HOUSECLEANING

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• 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.

• HOUSECLEANING (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Sense 2

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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)

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