单词 | death cleaning |
释义 | death cleaning[ deth-klee-ning ] / ˈdɛθ ˌkli nɪŋ / nounthe process of cleaning and decluttering one’s home so as to spare others, especially family members, from the chore of it after one’s death: While I’m still strong and healthy, I’m going to commit to some serious death cleaning. Also called Swed·ish death clean·ing . Origin of death cleaningFirst recorded around 2017; a translation of Swedish döstädning, literally, “death cleaning,” equivalent to dö “to die” + städning, verbal noun from städa “to tidy, clean, clean up, clean out” Words nearby death cleaningdeath care, death cell, death certificate, death chair, death chamber, death cleaning, deathday, death-dealing, death duty, deathful, death futures Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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