Usually means: Maintenance and organization of home.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word housekeeping:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. housekeeping: Merriam-Webster
  2. housekeeping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. housekeeping: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. housekeeping: Collins English Dictionary
  5. housekeeping: Vocabulary.com
  6. Housekeeping, housekeeping: Wordnik
  7. housekeeping (money): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. housekeeping: Wiktionary
  9. housekeeping: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. housekeeping: Dictionary.com
  11. Housekeeping (NCIS), Housekeeping (computing), Housekeeping (disambiguation), Housekeeping (film), Housekeeping (novel), Housekeeping: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Housekeeping: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. housekeeping: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. housekeeping: Rhymezone
  15. Housekeeping: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. housekeeping: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. housekeeping: FreeDictionary.org
  18. housekeeping: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. housekeeping: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. housekeeping: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  21. housekeeping: Infoplease Dictionary
  22. Housekeeping: Dictionary.com
  23. housekeeping: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. housekeeping: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. housekeeping: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. housekeeping: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Housekeeping (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. housekeeping: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
noun:  Any general tasks that involve preparation.
noun:  Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.

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