Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
spring-clean is a verb meaning "thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year". It carries one recorded sense.
thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year
“she started spring-cleaning on April 1”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spring-clean come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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