chore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
    job; task.
    • 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

WordNet

Chore noun
Etymology
The same word as char work done by the day.
Definitions
  1. A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. U. S.
Chore intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Chored ; present participle & verbal noun Choring
Definitions
  1. To do chores. U. S.
Chore noun
Definitions
  1. A choir or chorus. Obs. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913