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chore
What does chore mean?
chore (noun): a task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as housecleaning or preparing meals.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use chore in a sentence?
- Before we moved in together, my partner and I divided up the chores: he cooks and vacuums, and I do the dishes and laundry. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The children were made to do their daily chores before being allowed to play games. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce chore?
/tʃɔɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does chore come from?
From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of chore?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “chore” mean?
a part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone
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accordance with moral principles; conformity of behavior or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct
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a large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo
Not quite: that's what barge means.
a task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as housecleaning or preparing meals
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Which word is closest in meaning to “chore”?
fog
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ego
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hay
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job
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