chore
noun /tʃɔː(r)/
/tʃɔːr/
- a task that you do regularly
- doing the household/domestic chores
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1- She let her husband manage the money while she handled other household chores.
- Of all the household chores, I hate ironing most.
- She says she'll be around once she's finished her chores.
- Working women still do about 70% of domestic chores.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
- [usually singular] an unpleasant or boring task
- Shopping's a real chore for me.
- I find shopping a real chore.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally dialect and US): variant of obsolete char or chare ‘a turn of work, an odd job, chore’.