housework
noun
house·work
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Definition of housework
: the work of housekeeping
Examples of housework in a Sentence
I got up early and did some housework.
Recent Examples on the Web
The worst thing feminists will make men do is an equal share of housework. — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, "Why Being a “Real Man” Will Kill You," 29 Aug. 2019 There's enormous potential for robots to help us with housework, education, entertainment and medical care. — Wade Roush, Scientific American, "Despite What You Might Think, Major Technological Changes Are Coming More Slowly Than They Once Did," 13 Aug. 2019 Apartments are offering free or discount WiFi, grocery delivery, dog walking, special lockers for package deliveries, valet trash pick-up, and personal services from picking up your dry cleaning to light housework. — Marcia Heroux Pounds, chicagotribune.com, "Grocery delivery. Valet trash pickup. Dog walking. These aren’t your grandparents’ rental apartments.," 6 Aug. 2019 The average woman in Japan does about 3-and-a-half hours of housework and child care a day. — Pamela Boykoff, CNN, "Japan's daycare crisis is turning working moms into activists," 7 July 2019 The World Economic Forum has found that just 63% of the wage gap has been closed across the world, while women still spend double the time doing unpaid tasks, like housework, compared to men. — David Miliband For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Refugee women face unequal access to jobs. Hiring them could boost global GDP by $1.4 trillion," 13 Aug. 2019 The burden of housework on Indian girls is a spiraling crisis for India. — Nilanjana Bhowmick, Time, "School Has Been a Right for Girls in India Since 2009. So Why Aren’t They Going?," 27 June 2019 She was inspired by her own mother, who served as both primary breadwinner and the person doing the majority of child care and housework. — Kara Carlson, Dallas News, "A company that wants to be a working parent's 'Uber for kids' just launched in Dallas," 19 July 2019 In 2004 Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University and others discovered that parents thought that looking after their children was about as enjoyable as doing the housework. — The Economist, "Children make parents happy, after all," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'housework.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for housework
housework
noun
English Language Learners Definition of housework
: work (such as cleaning, cooking, or laundry) that is done to keep a house clean and running properly
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housework
noun
house·work
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Kids Definition of housework
: the labor involved in housekeeping