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homemaking

homemaking

3 2.5
Care and work to keep a house and family well
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkɪŋ/
translation icon : gestión del hogar
  • In her book, she discusses the importance of homemaking skills in creating a nurturing family environment.
  • homemaking services
  • community services included homemaking

Examples

  • A homecare agency, CareMost, provides homemaking services to Mrs. Z, who is unable to walk.

    Academic text (1998)
  • She enjoys homemaking and often shares tips on how to manage household tasks more efficiently.

  • I will remain at home and continue to learn homemaking skills.

    Blog text (34)
  • Her taste isn't bad, but her homemaking skills seem to be.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I like to share homemaking and also share our tips on being frugal and things like that.

  • Instruction should be provided in parent education, which includes principles of homemaking, family relationships, child care, and child psychology.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In-home care is also available, including homemaking and health services, such as assistance with personal care.

    Blog text (28)
  • Priorities are greater in number and are generally at a time of life when child-rearing and homemaking duties do not claim all their efforts.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Gaining greater self-understanding, I made sense retrospectively of my ten-year movement from homemaking and professional musical performance to my entry into a full-time psychotherapy practice.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Many families benefit from professional homemaking services that help keep their homes organized and clean.

Synonyms

housekeeping
vshomemaking
61 1.8

Work that keeps a home clean and running, like cleaning and cooking

stresses broader management and organization beyond routine chores
domesticity
vshomemaking
6 4.9

The life and daily tasks people do at home, like cooking and cleaning

focuses more on active management and organization than on atmosphere
home ec
vshomemaking
  • Informal
4 5.1

A school class that teaches cooking, sewing, and home skills

is the lived practice of organizing household affairs rather than classroom study
home economics
vshomemaking
3 3.1

A school subject about running a home, like cooking, sewing, and managing money

is the everyday activity of organizing and running household life
domestic science
vshomemaking
  • Archaic
1 4.8

School subject that teaches cooking, cleaning, sewing, and how to run a home

is ordinary household management and organization, not academic study
homekeeping
vshomemaking
  • Archaic
3.9

Work to keep a home clean and organized

is broader, focusing on overall management and organization of household affairs
householding
vshomemaking
  • Archaic
3.9

Managing a home's money and daily chores to keep it running

includes those tasks but also covers wider domestic activities and planning
housewifery
vshomemaking
  • Archaic
8.8

Managing a home and doing daily tasks like cooking and cleaning

is gender neutral and covers managing household affairs by anyone
housecraft
vshomemaking
  • Archaic
7.4

Knowing how to do household tasks like cooking and cleaning

emphasizes managing and organizing the whole household rather than skills alone
household arts
vshomemaking
  • Archaic
3.7

Practical skills for running a home, like cooking and sewing

is concerned with coordinating and running household affairs beyond techniques

How Organized

housekeeping
61 1.8
homemaking
3 2.5
householding
  • Archaic
3.9
neglect
100 3.5

Surface Forms

homemaking singular
homemakings plural

Morphology

homemaking = home + making (transparent) = home + make + ing

The compound combines 'home' and the gerund 'making' (the act of making), yielding the activity of managing or creating a home, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word homemaking is simply the two English words home and making, where home means 'the place where you live' and making means 'creating or putting things in order'. So, homemaking is about creating and looking after a comfortable, well‑organized home, which is why it means managing household tasks like cooking, cleaning and caring for family.