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CHORE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

Example:

the farmer's morning chores

Synonyms:

chore; job; task

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

duty (work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chore"):

ball-breaker; ball-buster (a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing)

stint (an individual's prescribed share of work)

scut work; shitwork (trivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores)

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