housework
n.the work you do to keep a home clean and tidy, such as cleaning floors or washing clothes. It is the regular chores that happen inside the house.
n.the routine tasks involved in the maintenance and cleaning of a home. Often contrasted with 'homework', which refers to school assignments.
“I usually do the housework on Saturday mornings.”
“They decided to share the housework equally, with one person cooking and the other cleaning the kitchen.”
“The introduction of labor-saving appliances in the mid-twentieth century was expected to reduce the time spent on housework, yet standards of domestic cleanliness rose simultaneously.”
Uncountable; takes a singular verb and cannot be used with 'a' or in a plural form.
Housework is uncountable and does not have a plural form.
From house + work. Cognate with Dutch huiswerk (“homework”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.