Definition of "self-cleaning" []

• Made or designed to clean itself, often automatically: a self-cleaning oven. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Along the way was a self-cleaning public washroom on the sidewalk."
• "Photos Emily Veach/The Wall Street Journal One of the tests involves romping around in a pit of mud before climbing one of the many surfaces on ramps and hydraulic lifts, in order to determine a sole's self-cleaning properties."
• "Emily Veach/The Wall Street Journal A team of workers tests soles' traction, self-cleaning properties and durability using the multiple surfaces inside the Vibram Technological Center."