housekeeping

Speech parts

1. housekeeping - Noun

2. housekeeping - Adjective

Meaning

The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder.

Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs.

Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.

Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

housework economy husbandry menage management domestic administration household maintenance cooking clean cleaning washing sweeping cleaner
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Antonyms

lord business society householder proprietress host
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Hypernyms

work

Phrases with the word

do housekeeping take up housekeeping

Examples

Housekeeping ain't no joke. Louisa May Alcott

It almost seemed as if there must be some random and of course unfair thrift in the emotional housekeeping of the world, if the great happiness--however temporary, however flimsy--of one person could come out of the great unhappiness of another. Alice Munro

Nobody seems to know yet how television is going to affect the radio, movies, love, housekeeping or the church, but it has definitely revived vaudeville. Edgar Bergen

There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands. Eleanor Roosevelt

Marry, marry, and what about the housekeeping. Portuguese Proverb

Marrying is easy, but housekeeping is hard. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

housekeeperess housekeeperless housekeeperly housekeeping bill housekey Houseknecht