home economics

Noun

Meaning

theory and practice of homemaking

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

domestic science household arts sewing cookery ironing housewifery mopping housework housekeeping homemaking home ec

Hypernyms

social science

Examples

After teaching for two years at the Potter Academy in Sebago, she spent the next 26 years teaching home economics at Scarborough Junior High. Source: Internet

A LAOIS teacher has co-written a cookery book that’s been added to the home economics junior cert curriculum. Source: Internet

As most fashion magazines and home economics magazines from the first half of the 20th century attest, tatting had a substantial following. Source: Internet

As home economics is a very holistic field, one must also incorporate concepts like purchasing power and how consumers can affect the global world. Source: Internet

Graham 1998, p. 234. In the School of Industrial Engineering, she helped establish a time and motion study laboratory, and transferred motion study techniques to the home economics department under the banner of "work simplification". Source: Internet

Chicago: American school of home economics. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

home discipline home duty home ec home economy home education home electric appliance