chore

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chore-

(word root) dance

Examples of words with the root chore-: choreography

chore

(chôr)

1. A routine or minor duty or task. See Synonyms at task.

2. An unpleasant or burdensome task: What a chore it was cleaning out the garage.

[Variant of char.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

chore

(tʃɔː)

1. a small routine task, esp a domestic one

2. an unpleasant task

[C19: variant of Middle English chare; related to char³]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

chore

(tʃɔr, tʃoʊr)

n.

1. a small or routine task.

2. chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.

3. a hard or unpleasant task.

[1375–1425; late Middle English char, char³]

syn: See task.

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Noun

chore - 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"

job, task

duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; "the duties of the job"

ball-breaker, ball-buster - a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker"

stint - an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"

scut work - trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores; "the hospital hired him to do scut work"

chore

noun task, job, duty, burden, hassle (informal), fag (informal), errand, no picnic I find gardening a real chore.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

chore

noun

1. A piece of work that has been assigned:

assignment, duty, job, office, stint, task.

2. A difficult or tedious undertaking:

effort, task.

Informal: job.

Translations

عَمَلٌ بَيْتي

posluhovánípráce

kedelig pligt

taloustyö

mindennapi házimunka

faccende

雑務雑用

가사허드렛일

namų ruošanemalonus darbas

apnicīgs darbssīki mājas darbi

husarbeid rutinearbeid

práca

hišno opravilo

günlük ev işi

家事杂务

chore

[tʃɔːʳ] N → faena f, tarea f (pej) → tarea f rutinaria
to do the (household) chores → hacer los quehaceres domésticos

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chore

[ˈtʃɔː^r] n

(= boring task) → corvée f

(= housework) the chores → les tâches fpl ménagères household chores

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chore

n → lästige Pflicht; chores pl → Hausarbeit f; to do the chores → den Haushalt machen, die Hausarbeit erledigen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chore

[tʃɔːʳ] n → faccenda (pej) → rottura
household chores → faccende fpl (domestiche)
to do the chores → sbrigare or fare le faccende

chore

(tʃoː) noun

a piece of housework or other hard or dull job.

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"I don' know about the privilege part; it'll be considerable of a chore, I guess.

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Wade toiled early and late, doing part of the chores and double her share of the Spring plowing that Martin, as well as Nellie, could attend school in Fallon.

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I used to wonder, when they came in tired from the fields, their feet numb and their hands cracked and sore, how they could do all the chores so conscientiously: feed and water and bed the horses, milk the cows, and look after the pigs.

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The Monday and Tuesday preceding it we did not go to school at all, but were all kept home to do chores and run errands.

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He had already done the evening chores and had seen Hal, dressed and ready for a roistering night in town, come out of the farmhouse and go into the road.

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Uncle Henry, when the summons came, had been out in the barn "doin' chores." He wore a ragged and much soiled straw hat, a checked shirt without any collar and blue overalls tucked into the tops of his old cowhide boots.

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"Now, ashore," he heard Long Jack saying, "ye've chores, an' ye must do thim in any weather.

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We decided that would be the best age--old enough to be of some use in doing chores right off and young enough to be trained up proper.

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"Soon as my daughter turned one I gave her a chore. To feed the dog, even if it's one kibble at a time.

Chore guide for kids outlining jobs around the home is 'too harsh' claim parents; When should children be helping out with household tasks?

The Oxford dictionary explains chore as a routine task, especially a household one.

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The firm said that it has launched a new version of Homey - Chores and Allowance mobile app.

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I get paid $3.50 a week to do chores such as feeding the dogs, making breakfast, setting the table, washing the dishes, and folding laundry.

Ideal kid job and pay?

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