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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning..
Those who with us would have their own little housekeepings and cooking, have not the means, nor perhaps the taste, for such domestic comfort, and take their victuals at the trattoria, or cook-shop.
The computer program does some general housekeeping involving initializing variables and opening files before beginning the main processing.
Thank you all for coming! Just some quick housekeeping before we get underway, the emergency exits are to your left...
"Care not thou about that," said Joliffe; "but tell me, softly and hastily, what is in the pantry?" "Small housekeeping enough," said Phoebe; "a cold capon and some comfits, and the great standing venison pasty, with plenty of spice — a manchet or two besides, and that is all."
Use housekeeping when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Housekeeping means The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning..
Common synonyms include housework.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Those who with us would have their own little housekeepings and cooking, have not the means, nor perhaps the taste, for such domestic comfort, and take their victuals at the trattoria, or cook-shop.
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