Usually means: Thorough cleaning at winter's end.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word spring-cleaning:

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  1. spring-cleaning: Merriam-Webster
  2. spring-cleaning: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. spring-cleaning, spring-cleaning: Collins English Dictionary
  4. spring-cleaning: Vocabulary.com
  5. spring-cleaning: Wordnik
  6. spring-cleaning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. spring-cleaning: Wiktionary
  8. spring-cleaning: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. spring-cleaning: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. spring-cleaning: Dictionary.com
  11. spring-cleaning: Rhymezone
  12. spring-cleaning: FreeDictionary.org
  13. spring-cleaning: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. spring-cleaning: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Spring-cleaning)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of spring cleaning [A systematic cleaning of a residence at the end of winter]

Similar:
springcleaning, midspring, househunting, dry-cleaning, drycleaning, deseasonalisation, hand-washing, greenskeeping, spring water, winter time, more...

Opposite:
hoarding, cluttering, accumulating, collecting

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Similar:
springcleaning, midspring, househunting, dry-cleaning, drycleaning, deseasonalisation, hand-washing, greenskeeping, spring water, winter time, more...

Opposite:
hoarding, cluttering, accumulating, collecting



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