housework

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking

   In the preindustrial era the burden of housework fell on the shoulders of every inhabitant of the house: men, women, and children all devoted their energies and time to work in the home and on the farms, because most Americans were involved with at least some of their own food production.

2. 2
   noun

   the work of cleaning and running a house

3. 3
   noun

   homework

Etymology

From house + work. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”).