Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spring-clean

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
spring--clean
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To carry out a spring cleaning of (a room, a house, etc).

Transitive verb

verb

To engage in spring cleaning.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Back-formation from spring-cleaning.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spring-cleans (present, singular) spring-cleaning (participle, present) spring-cleaned (participle, past) spring-cleaned (past)

Phrases

spring-cleaner

Questions

What does spring-clean mean?
To carry out a spring cleaning of (a room, a house, etc).
Where does spring-clean come from?
Back-formation from spring-cleaning.

How to pronounce spring-clean

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