neighborhood cleanup
- noun
- US
:
limpieza del vecindario
- Everyone is invited to the annual neighborhood cleanup to help make our streets and parks cleaner for everyone.
- neighborhood cleanup program
- help in a neighborhood cleanup
Examples
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Organize a neighborhood cleanup and rehab committee.
Blog text (22) -
Last Saturday, our community held a neighborhood cleanup to pick up trash and plant flowers in the park.
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The local schools organized a neighborhood cleanup to beautify the area and promote teamwork among students.
Synonyms
150
1.5
The activity of making a place or thing clean
An organized activity where people pick up litter in a public place
A group of people who pick up litter and remove debris after an event or disaster
A project to clean away dirt and clutter from a place
How Large
- Specialized
3
3.3
- UK
1
3.6
- US
5
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an organized effort by members of a community to clean and improve their local area' is directly derivable from combining 'neighborhood' (a local community or district) with 'cleanup' (an activity of cleaning). This noun-noun compound follows regular compositional patterns in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Neighborhood cleanup shows the simple image of people from the same area meeting with bags, gloves and tools to pick up trash and plant flowers. In that picture, the neighborhood comes together to clean up, so the phrase means a planned community effort 'to clean and improve' the local area.