housework

[US]/'haʊswɜːk/
[UK]/'haʊs'wɝk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. household chores.

Example Sentences

didn't get to the housework until Sunday.

A good deal of housework can be mechanized.

the monotony of housework turns it into a mindless task.

housework didn't figure high on her list of priorities.

their lives were a daily round of housework and laundry.

two conflicting stereotypes of housework exist in popular thinking today.

She is so particular about her housework that servants will not work for her.

She considers it beneath her dignity to help with the housework now and again.

The old couple have no one to do housework; they have to fend for themselves.

She hasn't been feeling well lately and she let the housework slide.

It’s difficult to do housework with the children under my feet all the time.

Housework is negatively valued as a retreat from a disliked alternative— employment work.

she never minded housework—Jenny said she was appallingly unliberated.

She stayed with us for three weeks and didn’t once lend a hand with the housework!

Come on, let’s go out now—you can do the housework any old time.

I can do the housework much more quickly when the children aren’t getting in my hair all the time.

She spends her day doing housework, watching television, reading, and so on.

Nurserymaid:The full-time employment housework-house cleaning,family cooking,taking care lf old people and babies 24hourse in house service.

Real-world Examples

3 No, I'm not expected to do the housework.

Source: Shanghai Education Oxford Edition Junior High School English Grade 9 Upper Volume

Who does the housework in your family?

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

We can help our mums do the housework.

Source: Shanghai Education Press Oxford Edition Junior High School English Grade 7 Volume 2

Because my parents have to work, we do the housework.

Source: Lai Shih-Hsiung's Beginner American English (Volume 1)

Let's finish the housework first, Jack.

Source: Past years' high school entrance exam listening comprehension questions.

Sun and her husband still manage to do some light housework.

Source: CCTV Observations

'Now you must rest, while I do the housework.'

Source: Anne of Green Gables (abridged version)

I promised my mother that I would do the housework once a day.

Source: Crazy English Easy Memorization Essays 128 Articles

When husbands do more housework, wives are less depressed, marital conflicts decrease, and satisfaction rises.

Source: Lean In

She was happy to do the housework, and live at home with Tabby and me.

Source: The Story of the Brontë Family

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