housework
/ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/
housework noun: domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
Noun
housework (uncountable)
- domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
- In the preindustrial era the burden of housework fell on the shoulders of every inhabitant of the house: men, women, and children all devoted their energies and time to work in the home and on the farms, because most Americans were involved with at least some of their own food production.2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 228
- homework
housework meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Gujarati
housework in Tamil
- வீட்டுப்பணி
housework in Marathi
- domestic household chores
- घरकाम gharkām
housework in Telugu
- housework or household duties
- ఇంటిపని iṇṭipani
housework in Gujarati
- housework
- ઘરકામ gharkām
More languagesFewer languages
- housework in Tagalog
- gawaing-bahay
- housework in Arabic
- أَعْمَال مَنْزِل ʔaʕmāl manzil, أَعْمَال الْمَنْزِل ʔaʕmāl al-manzil
- housework in Thai
- งานบ้าน ngaan-bâan
- housework in Vietnamese
- việc nhà
Examples of housework in a sentence
- He doesn't have money, but he pays rent in chores and housework.
- I don’t much like housework, and doing the dishes least of all.
- I have no incentive to do housework right now.
Origin of housework
From house + work. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”).
Questions about housework
- What does housework mean?
- Housework means domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
- What is housework in Tamil?
- Housework in Tamil is வீட்டுப்பணி. See Housework meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is housework?
- Housework is a noun.
- How do you pronounce housework?
- Housework is pronounced /ˈhaʊsˌwɝk/ (US).
Words near housework in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: housework (page history and authors); housework (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఇంటిపని (Telugu) (page history and authors); ઘરકામ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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