"housecleaning" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: housecleanings [plural]
Etymology: house + cleaning Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|cleaning}} house + cleaning Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} housecleaning (countable and uncountable, plural housecleanings)
  1. Collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (tasks or practice of cleaning a house): siivous (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-housecleaning-en-noun-Y1dw6Qr6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Etymology: houseclean + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|houseclean|ing}} houseclean + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} housecleaning
  1. present participle and gerund of houseclean Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: houseclean
    Sense id: en-housecleaning-en-verb-BX8PsccG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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