cleanup
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1.5
- noun
- /ˈkliːnʌp/
:
limpieza
- After the festival ended, the volunteers organized a thorough cleanup of the park to remove all the trash.
- cleanup efforts
- perform a cleanup
- cleanup costs
No prep work, no cooking, no cleanup, just the good stuff.
- No prep work, no cooking, no cleanup, just the good stuff.
- After workout, I can do a quick cleanup without having to stop my day.
- It needs a tiny bit of cleanup, but this is going to work.
- You may just be in the midst of the acute cleanup phase.
- The, the rebuild process hasn't even begun because the cleanup, the cleanup is still ongoing.
- We had our senior project together and we had it was beach cleanup.
- That's great tasting coffee at home with no mess or cleanup.
Examples
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And after doing a little bit of cleanup, we have a finished sign.
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The city continues cleanup after the devastating tornado.
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When you throw a dinner party, she says, save the cleanup for the next day.
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Need to do a bit more cleanup, but that seems to be all right.
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It's just a cleanup job.
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Race officials have completed an extensive cleanup of the track.
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After workout, I can do a quick cleanup without having to stop my day.
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I excused myself as soon as the cleanup was complete and went to my room.
Fiction book (1994) -
Since then, environmental cleanup has been the primary activity at Hanford.
Academic text (2011) -
Both Mandy and Carrie stayed out of the kitchen during cleanup because there were plenty of hands.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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1.0
The act of removing dirt and dust from a place or object
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1.0
Work that removes dirt and rubbish from a place
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3.9
Making something clean by removing dirt
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6.3
Removing unwanted things or substances from something by cleaning
A project to clean away dirt and clutter from a place
An event where people meet to clean a park, street, or beach together
An organized day when local people pick up trash and improve their area
Antonyms
Idioms
An announcement in a store asking staff to clean a mess in an aisle right away
Compounds
- Jargon
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6.7
A fourth batter in the batting order, usually the strong hitter who tries to make runners score
A group of people who pick up litter and remove debris after an event or disaster
How Clean
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cleanup comes from the words clean and up, meaning to make something clean and finish the job. So, a 'cleanup' is the activity or process of making a place or object clean.