Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of finishing something off.

  3. (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

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  1. The whole community was involved in the cleanup.

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  2. Tom bats cleanup on our team.

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  3. Today, we're doing a big cleanup.

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  4. Ziri coordinated the debris cleanup efforts.

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  5. The cleanup team is on its way.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the act of cleaning or tidying:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the act of cleaning or tidying:

Origin

A deverbal from clean up.

A deverbal from clean up.

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Forms

plural: cleanups

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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