housecleaning
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1.2
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌkliːnɪŋ/
:
limpieza de la casa
- Every winter, she took time off from her housecleaning work to drive her father out to Arizona.
- housecleaning and laundry
- housecleaning and cooking
- housecleaning chores
Examples
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Trying to juggle work, school, playdates, laundry, lunches, housecleaning, and homework is enough to keep any parent's schedule full.
Blog text (31) -
My job is that most of the time I work for a housecleaning service.
Fiction book (1999) -
I went home to the apartment and started my annual fall housecleaning.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm hoping we make a good start at housecleaning in less than two weeks.
Blog text (6) -
Heather, if you're working and in grad school, you totally should get some housecleaning help, even if just occasionally!
Blog text (5) -
After the party, we spent the next day on housecleaning to tidy up the mess.
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Many families hire housecleaning services to keep their homes spotless.
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She dedicated her Saturday to housecleaning, scrubbing the floors and dusting the shelves.
Synonyms
335
1.0
The act of removing dirt and dust from a place or object
150
1.5
The activity of making a place or thing clean
70
1.0
Work that removes dirt and rubbish from a place
4
3.9
Making something clean by removing dirt
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Housecleaning combines house and cleaning and simply means 'making a home clean'. Think of sweeping, dusting, and putting things in order, which is why it refers to cleaning the rooms and furniture.