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[ hous-wurk ] / ˈhaʊsˌwɜrk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR housework ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping. Origin of houseworkFirst recorded in 1570–80; house + work Words nearby houseworkhousewarming, housewife, housewifely, housewifery, housewifey, housework, houseworker, housewrecker, house wren, housey-housey, housing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for houseworkSo, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys. Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST Coming to the center gives her a measure of relief from long days filled with childcare and housework. Allah, Mom, and Baklava: Turkish President Uses Mothers and Kids as Political Pawns|Xanthe Ackerman|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST What my daughters see me doing most of the time—the part they can wrap their heads around—is child care and housework. Dads, If You Want Your Daughters to Be CEOs, Do the Laundry|Andy Hinds|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST At an early stage of their family life, she learned her husband believed that “a woman should do all housework herself.” Where Is Russia's First Lady?|Anna Nemtsova|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Jeff Ely, a game theorist at Northwestern, has traded massages for housework and writes his wife romantic anniversary blog posts. The Nobel Winner’s Guide to Love|Paula Szuchman|October 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST The elder girls are employed in housework or in the laundry. The Quiver 3/1900|Anonymous The housework is speeded up with such conveniences as hot and cold water in kitchen and bathroom, and steam heat. How To Write Special Feature Articles|Willard Grosvenor Bleyer I saw Miss Million clap her hands that are still rather red and rough from housework, manicure them as I will. Miss Million's Maid|Bertha Ruck After her housework was done, she sat down in the kitchen with her knitting. Jane Field|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman They can't go out to do housework, for they've got young ones too little to carry with 'em, and maybe a whole family of 'em. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857|Various
British Dictionary definitions for housework
nounthe work of running a home, such as cleaning, cooking, etc Derived forms of houseworkhouseworker, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to houseworksewing, housekeeping, management, washing, cooking, administration, sweeping, laundering, stewardship, homemaking, mopping, ironing, domestic science, home economics, dusting |