cleanup
The act of cleaning or tidying somethingThe act of cleaning or tidying something.
» The whole community was involved in the cleanup.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of cleaning or tidying something.
the cost of environmental cleanup after an oil spill
Aufräumen, Säubern, Säuberung
убо́ркаubórka
the act of making something clean
(countable, uncountable)The act of finishing something off.
(countable, uncountable)Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
Jones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game.
(baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
Examples
13 sentencesThe whole community was involved in the cleanup.
Tom bats cleanup on our team.
Today, we're doing a big cleanup.
Ziri coordinated the debris cleanup efforts.
The cleanup team is on its way.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
A deverbal from clean up.A deverbal from clean up.
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Forms
plural: cleanupsSynonyms
5 synonyms- (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team):cleanup positioncleanup spot
- a very large profit:killing
- the act of making something clean:cleaningcleansing
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable