Hyphenation of housecleaning

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word housecleaning? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

house-clean-ing

Definitions of housecleaning:

1.	(figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions More housecleaning is in store at other accounting firms Many employees were discharged in a general housecleaning by the new owners
2.	The act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house Efficient housecleaning should proceed one room at a time

Synonyms of housecleaning:

noun	reform
noun	cleaning, cleansing, cleanup

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.