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Definition of cleaning noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cleaning

noun
 
/ˈkliːnɪŋ/
 
/ˈkliːnɪŋ/
 [uncountable]
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  1. the work of making the inside of a house, etc. clean
    • They pay someone to do the cleaning.
    see also deep-cleaning, dry-cleaning see also spring cleaningTopics Houses and homesb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCleaning is used before these nouns:
    • cloth
    • crew
    • fluid
    • …
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