chorenoun [ C ]
uk/tʃɔːr/us/tʃɔːr/C1 a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly:
I'll go shopping when I've done my chores (= done the jobs in or around the house).
I find writing reports a real chore (= very boring).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- in the line of duty idiom
- labour
- slouch
- spadework
- stroke
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
- temp
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