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Chore definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHORE, n. In America, this word denotes small work of a domestic kind, as distinguished from the principal work of the day. It is generally used in the plural, chores, which includes the daily or occasional business of feeding cattle and other animals, preparing fuel, sweeping the house, cleaning furniture, etc. [See Char.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" [syn: job, task, chore]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of chare Date: 1746 1. plural the regular or daily light work of a household or farm 2. a routine task or job 3. a difficult or disagreeable task <doing taxes can be a real chore> Synonyms: see task

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a tedious or routine task, esp. domestic. Etymology: orig. dial. & US form of CHAR(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chore Chore, n. [The same word as char work done by the day.] A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chore Chore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chored; p. pr. & vb. n. Choring.] To do chores. [U. S.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chore Chore, n. A choir or chorus. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chores) 1. A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring. She sees exercise primarily as an unavoidable chore... N-COUNT: usu sing 2. Chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the household chores. N-COUNT: usu pl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Small job, light task.

Moby Thesaurus

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