English noun: chore | |||
1. | chore (act) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | ||
Samples | Estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars. The job of repairing the engine took several hours. The endless task of classifying the samples. The farmer's morning chores. | ||
Synonyms | job, task | ||
Broader (hypernym) | duty | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ball-breaker, ball-buster, scut work, shitwork, stint | ||