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self-cleaning

British  

adjective

  1. (of an oven, filter, etc) having a mechanism to clean itself

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He said creating Regen - his self-cleaning, reusable product - was "challenging" and was the result of four years of work in a laboratory.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

The product arrived at the height of America’s convenience craze: microwaves, coffee makers and self-cleaning ovens were transforming kitchens.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

In practice, however, this is of little use -- after all, it would be tedious to repeatedly irradiate the wall with intense UV light in order to drive the self-cleaning process.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

Back in 2004, Seattle spent $5 million on self-cleaning public toilets.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

She’d only agreed to a cat because she’d said they were self-cleaning, like an oven.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas