chore

UK: /ˈtʃɔː^r/ US: /tʃɔr/ ,(chôr, chōr)

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chore /tʃɔr/   n. [countable]

1. a small or routine job to do.
2. chores, [plural] the everyday work around a house or farm:
   Finish your chores and then you can go out.
3. a hard or unpleasant task:
   a real chore to stand on line to buy food every day.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

chore  (chôr, chōr), n. 

1. a small or odd job;
   routine task.
2. chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.
3. a hard or unpleasant task:
   Solving the problem was quite a chore.

• late Middle English char, Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr char³ 1375–1425

Synonyms

• 1. duty, work, errand, stint.
• 1, 2. See task. 

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chore / tʃɔː/ noun

1. a small routine task, esp a domestic one
2. an unpleasant task

Etymology: 19th Century: variant of Middle English chare; related to char³

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-chore combining_form:in_noun:countable

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

Etymology: from Greek khōrein to move

-chorous, -choric combining_form:in_adjective