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chore
[chawr, chohr]
noun
a small or odd job; routine task.
Synonyms: , , ,chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.
a hard or unpleasant task.
Solving the problem was quite a chore.
chore
1/ ʃɔː /
noun
a small routine task, esp a domestic one
an unpleasant task
-chore
2combining form
(in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means
anemochore
Other Word Forms
- -chorous combining form
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chore1
Origin of chore2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Less than two months on from saying he felt "emotionless" on the oche due to a relentless playing schedule that had made darts a "chore", the world number one was full of emotions.
I was hoping you could talk more about your approach to working vegetables into your food in a way that doesn’t feel like a chore.
Kenneth Key worked as a security guard and often talked about disciplining the children by giving them chores, but he never mentioned physically hurting them, Martinez said.
Mugambe had denied forcing the young Ugandan woman to do household chores and said she "always" treated her with love, care and patience.
We downloaded a chore app that pays out in pretend currency before linking to real dollars.
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