"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)
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