Meaning & use
clean
Free from dirt, marks, or impurities; not soiled or contaminated.
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She kept the kitchen spotlessly clean, even after cooking a big meal.
The lab requires a clean environment to prevent contaminating the samples.
A note on using this word
Clean can also mean morally honest, as in 'a clean record,' or free of errors, as in 'clean code,' beyond its literal sense of tidiness.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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