home economics
noun
the art and science of home management.
a college curriculum usually including studies in nutrition, the purchase, preparation, and service of food, interior design, clothing and textiles, child development, family relationships, and household economics.
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Origin of home economics
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
OTHER WORDS FROM home economics
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Example sentences from the Web for home economics
The home-economics laboratory offers an opportunity for centers in which interesting and artistic groupings may be arranged.
The Teaching of Art Related to the Home|Federal Board for Vocational EducationSuch centers in home-economics laboratories have been appropriately called appreciation centers.
The Teaching of Art Related to the Home|Federal Board for Vocational EducationIn some schools, the separate cottage is used to house the home-economics department.
The Teaching of Art Related to the Home|Federal Board for Vocational EducationHome-economics women of Berkeley, California, aided in collecting and making over old clothing.
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British Dictionary definitions for home economics
home economics
noun
(functioning as singular or plural) the study of diet, budgeting, child care, textiles, and other subjects concerned with running a home
Derived forms of home economics
home economist, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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