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chores

chores is the plural of chore.

chores is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chore.

Meaning of chore

Noun (1)

chore (plural chores)

  1. A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as housecleaning or preparing meals.
    • Before we moved in together, my partner and I divided up the chores: he cooks and vacuums, and I do the dishes and laundry.
    Synonyms:
    domesticity
  2. A task that is difficult, unpleasant, or tediously routine.
    • I used to enjoy being self-employed, but it's become a bit of a chore recently.

Noun (2)

chore (plural chores)

  1. (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
    • On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chorea. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second...

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Questions about chores

What is chores the plural of?
Chores is the plural of chore.

Words near chores in the dictionary

  1. choreotrichs
  2. chorepiscopal
  3. chorepiscopi
  4. chorepiscopus
  5. chorepiscopuses
  6. chores
  7. choresome
  8. choreus
  9. choreuses
  10. choreutic
  11. choreutid

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