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housekeeping

housekeeping

61 1.8
Work that keeps a home clean and running, like cleaning and cooking
  • noun
  • /ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ/
translation icon : mantenimiento del hogar
  • The hotel staff handles all the housekeeping, including making the beds and replenishing supplies.
  • housekeeping chores
  • housekeeping services
  • housekeeping staff

Ronnie's here and we have housekeeping on the bed today.

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Examples

  • I've been spoiling myself and I get a housekeeping service to come to the home once a month.

  • Other crews prepare the meals and tend to the housekeeping on the ship.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I just had a few very quick housekeeping notes before we break.

  • OK, we have we have some housekeeping first.

  • Before I begin, just a small housekeeping point.

  • What about like housekeeping people to come and clean the room or stuff like that?

    High Performance

  • It's part of its housekeeping process.

    Dream Scenario (2023)

  • We have more housekeeping this year than usual.

    C.O.R.N. (2021)

  • You want me to call housekeeping?

    Deep Rising (1998)

  • And then on the weekends we would have like a whole list of housekeeping tasks that we do.

    WIRED

Synonyms

housework
vshousekeeping
42 1.0

Regular cleaning and small tasks to keep a home tidy

includes those routines but also covers cooking and overall household management
homemaking
vshousekeeping
3 2.5

Care and work to keep a house and family well

focuses more on daily routine tasks like cleaning and cooking
homekeeping
vshousekeeping
  • Archaic
3.9

Work to keep a home clean and organized

is broader covering routine cooking and overall household management
housewifery
vshousekeeping
  • Archaic
8.8

Managing a home and doing daily tasks like cooking and cleaning

is neutral and describes the same management without gendered sense
householding
vshousekeeping
  • Archaic
3.9

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

focuses more on routine chores like cooking and cleaning than on finances

How Thorough

homemaking
3 2.5
housekeeping
61 1.8
cleaning
335 1.0

Surface Forms

housekeeping singular
housekeepings plural

Morphology

housekeeping = house + keeping (transparent) = house + keep + ing

A straightforward compound of 'house' + 'keeping' (keeping = care/maintenance), so the meaning 'domestic management' is directly derived.

Etymology

Housekeeping joins house ('home') and keep ('to look after' or 'to keep in order'). So housekeeping is the daily work of looking after the home, like cleaning, cooking, and keeping things running smoothly.