househusband

«househusband» in Mova's school dictionary: A man who stays at home to look after the house and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a househusband, househusbands)

meaning for a pupil

A man who stays at home to look after the house and children while his partner goes out to work. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and social studies it shows that jobs at home can be done by anyone. In stories it describes a dad who cooks, cleans and does the school run. Similar: stay-at-home dad.

examples

• My uncle is a househusband and cooks amazing dinners. tree →
• Dad became a househusband when the twins were born. tree →
• The househusband did the washing and the shopping. tree →
• Being a househusband is hard work. tree →
• Many families have a stay-at-home dad or househusband. tree →

note

Plural: househusbands. Female form: housewife (or homemaker). Can be written as one word or «house husband». More common today: stay-at-home dad.

In the corpora

• "Domestic engineer" is a joking name for a housewife, househusband or homemaker.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «househusband» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.