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chore

[ chawr, chohr ]
/ tʃɔr, tʃoʊr /
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noun

a small or odd job; routine task.
chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.
a hard or unpleasant task: Solving the problem was quite a chore.

Words related to chore

duty, assignment, workout, errand, housework, burden, routine, grind, trial, job, tribulation, effort, stint, devoir, KP, scutwork

Words nearby chore

chordophone, chordoskeleton, chordotomy, chordotonal, chordwise, chore, chorea, choregus, choreic abasia, choreic movement, choreiform

Origin of chore

1375–1425; late Middle English char, Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr char3
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British Dictionary definitions for chores

chore
/ (tʃɔː) /

noun

a small routine task, esp a domestic one
an unpleasant task

Word Origin for chore

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