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chore
The definition of a chore is a routine or unpleasant task.
(noun)Taking out the garbage is an example of a chore.
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See chore in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a small routine task, as of a housekeeper or farmer: often used in pl.
- a hard or unpleasant task
Origin: ME cher, cherre: see chare
See chore in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A routine or minor duty or task. See Synonyms at task.
- chores Daily or routine domestic tasks, especially a farmer's routine morning and evening tasks, such as feeding livestock.
- An unpleasant or burdensome task.
Origin:
Origin: Variant of char3
. suffix
A plant distributed by a specified agency: zoochore.
Origin:
Origin: From Greek khōrein, to spread about
Origin: , from khōros, place, room; see ghē- in Indo-European roots
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