"self-cleaning" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From self- + cleaning. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|cleaning}} self- + cleaning Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} self-cleaning (not comparable)
  1. Cleaning itself or requiring minimal cleaning effort. Tags: not-comparable Translations (that cleans itself): самопочистващ се (samopočistvašt se) (Bulgarian), autolavable (French), αυτοκαθαριζόμενος (aftokatharizómenos) (Greek), samoczyszczący [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-self-cleaning-en-adj-r~vkJs~O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-

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          "text": "After cooking the thanksgiving turkey we appreciate the self-cleaning oven as it gets really hot and burns off the splattered grease.",
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        {
          "ref": "1951 January, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Markings”, in Railway Magazine, page 73",
          "text": "The letters \"SC\" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.",
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        {
          "ref": "1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class \"9\" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 422",
          "text": "A further disadvantage of the Crosti system is that it is impossible to fit a self-cleaning smokebox.",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "that cleans itself",
          "word": "самопочистващ се"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that cleans itself",
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          "sense": "that cleans itself",
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          "sense": "that cleans itself",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samopočistvašt se",
      "sense": "that cleans itself",
      "word": "самопочистващ се"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that cleans itself",
      "word": "autolavable"
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      "roman": "aftokatharizómenos",
      "sense": "that cleans itself",
      "word": "αυτοκαθαριζόμενος"
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      "sense": "that cleans itself",
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