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# housework

noun (housework — uncountable)

«housework» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Housework is the work done to keep a home clean and tidy, such as cleaning, washing clothes, dusting, vacuuming and washing dishes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and family lessons, everyone in a household can share the housework; children help with jobs like making beds, setting the table and tidying their rooms. In maths problems, housework may be shared out or timed. In safety: cleaning products used in housework can be dangerous, so children use them only with an adult. Phrases: do the housework, help with the housework, share the housework.

### Examples

- I help with the housework every Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#x1)
- Vacuuming and dusting are part of the housework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#x2)
- In our family we share the housework fairly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#x3)
- Mum and Dad made a chart of who does which housework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#x4)
- After the party there was a lot of housework to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#x5)
- Grandma says housework is easier with music on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#x6)
- Therefore they were obliged to do all their own housework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «a lot of housework», not «houseworks». We «do» housework, not «make» it. «Housework» is jobs at home; «homework» is school work you do at home — a common mix-up.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «housework» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housework/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«housework» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/housework.html) on Mova free.