self-cleaning

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ cleaning.

Adjective

self-cleaning (not comparable)

1. Cleaning itself or requiring minimal cleaning effort.

   After cooking the thanksgiving turkey we appreciate the self-cleaning oven as it gets really hot and burns off the splattered grease.

   • 1951 January, “The Why and the Wherefore: Locomotive Markings”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:

     The letters "SC" inscribed on the smokebox door of a locomotive denote that it is fitted with a self-cleaning smokebox.

   • 1959 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Class "9" 2-10-0s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 422:

     A further disadvantage of the Crosti system is that it is impossible to fit a self-cleaning smokebox.

Translations

that cleans itself

• Bulgarian: самопочистващ се (samopočistvašt se)
• French: autolavable (fr)
• Greek: αυτοκαθαριζόμενος (el) (aftokatharizómenos)
• Polish: samoczyszczący m