SkyfireDict

housecleaning   (TTS Sound)

The noun housecleaning has 2 senses

• housecleaning -- ((figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions; "more housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms"; "many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners")


• housecleaning -- (the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house; "efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time")

The verb houseclean has 1 sense

• houseclean, clean house, clean -- (clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week")