chore

American  

[chawr, chohr] / tʃɔr, tʃoʊr /

noun

1. a small or odd job; routine task.

   Synonyms:

   stint, errand, work, duty

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

3. a hard or unpleasant task.

   Solving the problem was quite a chore.

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chore ¹ British  

/ tʃɔː /

noun

1. a small routine task, esp a domestic one

2. an unpleasant task

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-chore ² British  

combining form

1. (in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means

   anemochore

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Related Words

See task.

Other Word Forms

• -chorous combining form

Etymology

Origin of chore

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English char, Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr. See char ³

Example Sentences

A sharp knife is, counterintuitively, a safer one, and it turns everyday prep from a chore into something closer to pleasure.

From Salon

Heaven forefend Amazon would use robots to make chores less laborious, as it has for warehouse work.

From The Wall Street Journal

During submissions a prosecution barrister outlined Bracas' interview with police, where he told them he felt his sister treated him like garbage and made him do chores and babysit his niece.

From BBC

The 40-year-old had also made them do her personal chores, they alleged.

From BBC

Doing chores and sleeping in a shared space is a real pain.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• assignment
• burden
• duty
• errand
• housework
• routine
• workout