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housecleaning

housecleaning noun: collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house. Also the present participle and gerund of houseclean.

Noun

housecleaning (countable and uncountable, plural housecleanings)

  1. Collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house.
    • If you do not keep up with the housecleaning, you will soon have a huge mess.

Also used as

housecleaning is also the present participle and gerund of houseclean.

Forms of housecleaning

pluralhousecleanings

Origin of housecleaning

From house + cleaning.

From houseclean + -ing.

Questions about housecleaning

What does housecleaning mean?
Housecleaning means collectively, the tasks involved with cleaning a house; the practice of cleaning a house.
What part of speech is housecleaning?
Housecleaning is a noun.
What is the plural of housecleaning?
The plural of housecleaning is housecleanings.

Words near housecleaning in the dictionary

  1. housecest
  2. houseclean
  3. housecleaned
  4. housecleaner
  5. housecleaners
  6. housecleaning
  7. housecleanings
  8. housecleans
  9. housecloth
  10. housecloths
  11. housecoat

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