how to pronounce housework

/ˈhaʊs.wɜːk/

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housework is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of housework in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… when he stopped to do some housework the …”

meanings of housework

noun:

Domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking.
Homework.

housework frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word housework occurs in english on average 7.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics housework can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that housework can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;