chore

[ chawr, chohr ]
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noun
  1. a small or odd job; routine task.

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

  1. a hard or unpleasant task: Solving the problem was quite a chore.

Origin of chore

1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English char,Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr.See char3

synonym study For chore

1, 2. See task.

Other words for chore

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How to use chore in a sentence

  • In the morning, I feel sort of weak, and want to knock around doing woman's chores.

    Menotah | Ernest G. Henham
  • It is when a fellow settles down to do the chores twice a day and every day that he gets thoroughly acquainted with his livestock.

  • A few days ago a boy whose mind was not synchronising properly with his body was doing chores.

  • I have trouble enough doing the chores without catering to her whims.

  • By the time the chores were done they were all standing at the barnyard gate, waiting to be let through, and I suspected nothing.

British Dictionary definitions for chore (1 of 2)

chore

/ (tʃɔː) /


noun
  1. a small routine task, esp a domestic one

  2. an unpleasant task

Origin of chore

1
C19: variant of Middle English chare; related to char ³

British Dictionary definitions for -chore (2 of 2)

-chore

n combining form
  1. (in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means: anemochore

Origin of -chore

2
from Greek khōrein to move

Derived forms of -chore

  • -chorous or -choric, adj combining form

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