houseworknoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhaʊs.wɜːk/us/ˈhaʊs.wɝːk/B1 the work of keeping a house clean and tidy:
I hate doing housework.
More examples
- I do all the housework while he just does the dishes now and again.
- Housework is not so bad if you put some music on and just get on with it.
- Couldn't we get a cleaning lady? I'd rather not spend every Saturday doing the housework.
- I'm trying to train my boyfriend to do the occasional bit of housework.
- We divide up the housework between us - but he always makes me clean the bathrooms!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- freshen (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- mop
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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