housework

«housework» in Mova's school dictionary: the work done to keep a home clean and tidy, such as… — 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 (housework — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Housework is the work done to keep a home clean and tidy, such as cleaning, washing clothes, dusting, vacuuming and washing dishes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and family lessons, everyone in a household can share the housework; children help with jobs like making beds, setting the table and tidying their rooms. In maths problems, housework may be shared out or timed. In safety: cleaning products used in housework can be dangerous, so children use them only with an adult. Phrases: do the housework, help with the housework, share the housework.

examples

• I help with the housework every Saturday. tree →
• Vacuuming and dusting are part of the housework. tree →
• In our family we share the housework fairly. tree →
• Mum and Dad made a chart of who does which housework. tree →
• After the party there was a lot of housework to do. tree →
• Grandma says housework is easier with music on. tree →
• Therefore they were obliged to do all their own housework. tree →

note

Uncountable: «a lot of housework», not «houseworks». We «do» housework, not «make» it. «Housework» is jobs at home; «homework» is school work you do at home — a common mix-up.

In the corpora

• Much housework is invisible, like booking appointments and planning meals, so each grown-up may not see what the other does.

Trees and pragmatics

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