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house·work (-wʉrk′)

noun

the work involved in housekeeping, such as cleaning, cooking, and laundering

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housework Synonyms

housework

n.

cleaning, housewifery, housecleaning, spring cleaning, window-washing, sweeping, cooking, baking, dusting, mopping, washing, laundering, bed-making, sewing, ironing, mending; see also housekeeping, job 2.


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housework Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • hate: She had a daily housekeeper stating that she " always hated housework " .

Preposition: as

  • work: Women viewed housework as skilled work in contrast to the low status often accorded it by social services departments and other professionals.

Adjective modifier

  • heavy: Don't do any heavy housework or carry heavy loads.

Modifies a noun

  • time: Household chores were very tedious and housework time consuming.

Noun used with modifier

  • light: Light housework Week 1 light housework may be resumed.

Preposition: than

  • man: Women in full time work spend 38 minutes more on housework than men in full time work.
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housework quotes

There was no need to do any housework after all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

-Crisp, Quentin

I don't hate men, I just wish they'd try harder. Theyall want to be heroes and all we want is for them to stay at home and help with the housework and the kids. That's not the kind of heroism they enjoy.

-Winterson,Jeanette

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