Usually means: Maintenance and organization of home.
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  1. housework: Merriam-Webster
  2. housework: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. housework: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. housework: Collins English Dictionary
  5. housework: Vocabulary.com
  6. Housework, housework: Wordnik
  7. housework: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. housework: Wiktionary
  9. housework: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. housework: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. housework: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Housework, housework: Dictionary.com
  13. housework: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Housework: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Housework: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. housework: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. housework: Rhymezone
  18. housework: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. housework: FreeDictionary.org
  20. housework: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. housework: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. housework: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. housework: Encyclopedia

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  1. Housework: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking
▸ noun:  (uncommon) homework

Similar:
housekeeping, housewifery, householding, homekeeping, household goods, homemaking, homework, householdry, housewivery, housewifry, more...

Opposite:
yardwork, outdoor chores, maintenance

Types:
laundry, dishes, cleaning, cooking, shopping, babysitting, yard work, pet care, more...

Phrases:
Wages for housework, does some housework, automated housework helper, do some minimal housework, housework n, more...

Adjectives:
own, more, general, light, heavy, unpaid, less, routine, daily, regular, ordinary

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Similar:
housekeeping, housewifery, householding, homekeeping, household goods, homemaking, homework, householdry, housewivery, housewifry, more...

Opposite:
yardwork, outdoor chores, maintenance

Types:
laundry, dishes, cleaning, cooking, shopping, babysitting, yard work, pet care, more...

Phrases:
Wages for housework, does some housework, automated housework helper, do some minimal housework, housework n, cursory housework, more...

Adjectives:
own, more, general, light, heavy, unpaid, less, routine, daily, regular, ordinary

Colors:
    blue,     white,     gray,     yellow,     green, more...



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