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HOUSEKEEPING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does housekeeping mean?

• HOUSEKEEPING (noun)
The noun HOUSEKEEPING has 1 sense:

1. the work of cleaning and running a house

Familiarity information: HOUSEKEEPING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOUSEKEEPING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The work of cleaning and running a house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

housekeeping; housework

Hypernyms ("housekeeping" is a kind of...):

work (activity directed toward making or doing something)

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