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housecraft

housecraft noun: the art of homemaking.

Noun

housecraft (countable and uncountable, plural housecrafts)

  1. The art of homemaking.
    • […] we should hear less of teaching subjects for the sake of faculty, a point in which he was supported by Miss M. Frodsham, who held further that all science teaching in girls' schools should lead up to hygiene and housecraft.1916, The School World, volume 18, page 378
    Synonyms:
    homecraft

Synonyms of housecraft

Forms of housecraft

pluralhousecrafts

Origin of housecraft

From house + -craft.

Questions about housecraft

What does housecraft mean?
Housecraft means the art of homemaking.
What part of speech is housecraft?
Housecraft is a noun.
What is the plural of housecraft?
The plural of housecraft is housecrafts.

Words near housecraft in the dictionary

  1. housecoat
  2. housecoated
  3. housecoats
  4. housecommune
  5. housecommunes
  6. housecraft
  7. housecrafts
  8. housed
  9. housedog
  10. housedoor
  11. housedoors

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