SPRING-CLEANING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spring-cleaning mean? 

• SPRING-CLEANING (noun)
  The noun SPRING-CLEANING has 1 sense:

1. the activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter

  Familiarity information: SPRING-CLEANING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRING-CLEANING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The activity of cleaning a house thoroughly at the end of winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("spring-cleaning" is a kind of...):

cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)

Derivation:

spring-clean (thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year)