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chore

[chawr, chohr]

noun

  1. a small or odd job; routine task.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  2. chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.

  3. a hard or unpleasant task.

    Solving the problem was quite a chore.



chore

1

/ ʃɔː /

noun

  1. a small routine task, esp a domestic one

  2. an unpleasant task

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-chore

2

combining form

  1. (in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain means

    anemochore

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • -chorous combining form
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chore1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English char, Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr. See char 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chore1

C19: variant of Middle English chare; related to char ³

Origin of chore2

from Greek ō𾱲 to move
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Synonym Study

See task.
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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mugambe had denied forcing the young Ugandan woman to do household chores and said she "always" treated her with love, care and patience.

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We downloaded a chore app that pays out in pretend currency before linking to real dollars.

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