cleanout

[ kleen-out ]

noun

an act of cleaning out.
an opening or passage giving access to a place that requires occasional cleaning, as a soil pipe.

Origin of cleanout

1885–90, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase clean out

Words Nearby cleanout

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How to use cleanout in a sentence

Traps should be provided with cleanout screw openings, caps, etc., to facilitate cleaning.
The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) | Various
Pockets should be only deep enough to permit installing a cast-iron cleanout frame and door just below the smoke pipe entrance.
Farmers' Bulletin 1230 - Chimneys & Fireplaces | A. M. Daniels
The ash pit should be of perfectly tight masonry and provided with a tightly fitting cleanout door.
Farmers' Bulletin 1230 - Chimneys & Fireplaces | A. M. Daniels

British Dictionary definitions for clean out

clean out

verb(tr, adverb)

(foll by of or from) to remove (something) (from or away from)
slang to leave (someone) with no money: gambling had cleaned him out

informal to exhaust (stocks, goods, etc) completely

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Other Idioms and Phrases with cleanout

cleanout

See clean up, def. 1.

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