chore
pronunciation
How to pronounce chore in British English:
UK [tʃɔː(r)]
How to pronounce chore in American English:
US [tʃɔːr]
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- Noun:
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Word Origin
- chore (n.)
- 1751, American English, variant of char, from Middle English cherre "odd job," from Old English cerr, cierr "turn, change, time, occasion, affair business." Chore, a corruption of char, is an English word, still used in many parts of England, as a char-man, a char-woman; but in America, it is perhaps confined to New England. It signifies small domestic jobs of work, and its place cannot be supplied by any other single word in the language. [Noah Webster, "Dissertations on the English Language," 1789]
Example
- 1. Simply taking turns is inefficient , since that may mean the wearier party being faced with the chore .
- 2. For instance , a father may prepare school lunches half the time , so he thinks he 's sharing that chore .
- 3. In fact , to the bafflement of yesteryear 's futurologists , we do not lead lives of leisure while robots handle every chore .
- 4. Your last chore is to wash that car .
- 5. One prototype in haier 's portfolio makes the whole remote thing look like a backbreaking chore by comparison .