housecleaning

Speech parts

1. housecleaning - Noun

2. housecleaning - Verb

Meaning

the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house

(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cleaning clearing deportation eviction ostracism exorcism cleanup reshuffle layoff brush off clean house houseclean housework housekeeping homemaking

Hypernyms

reform cleaning cleansing cleanup

Phrases with the word

do housecleaning

Examples

efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time Source: Internet

more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms Source: Internet

many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners Source: Internet

Observant Jews spend the weeks before Passover in a flurry of thorough housecleaning, to remove every morsel of chametz from every part of the home. Source: Internet

In a separate statement, six Democratic state lawmakers who represent Bridgeport suggested they believed that the police force needed a thorough housecleaning. Source: Internet

And the process of moving everything over to the transitional site gave us the opportunity for some much-needed housecleaning. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

housecat houseclean housecleaner housecloth housecoat housecoated