chore
noun/tʃɔː(r)/
/tʃɔːr/
- a task that you do regularly
- doing the household/domestic chores
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1- The kids all help out with the household chores.
- Of all the household chores, I hate ironing most.
- You can go out to play when you've finished your chores.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
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- [usually singular] an unpleasant or boring task
- Shopping's a real chore for me.
- I find shopping a real chore.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- little
- small
- daily
- …
- carry out
- do
- handle
- …
Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally dialect and US): variant of obsolete char or chare ‘a turn of work, an odd job, chore’.
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