Homemaker definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

A homemaker is someone who spends a lot of time looking after their home and family. You usually use homemaker to refer to someone who does not have a job ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'homemaker'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× homemaker (hoʊmmeɪkəʳ ) Wordforms:pluralhomemakers countablenounAhomemakerissomeonewhospendsalotoftimelookingaftertheirhomeandfamily.Youusuallyusehomemakertorefertosomeonewhodoesnothaveajoboutsidethehome. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Fosburyflop' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency homemakerinBritishEnglish (ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkə ) noun1. mainlyUSandCanadian aperson,espahousewife,whomanagesahome 2. USandCanadian asocialworkerwhomanagesahouseholdduringtheincapacityofthehousewife CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformshomemaking(ˈhomeˌmaking)noun,adjective WordFrequency homemakerinAmericanEnglish (ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkər ) noun apersonwhomanagesahome;esp.,ahousewife Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformshomemaking(ˈhomeˌmaking) noun WordFrequency homemakerinAmericanEnglish (ˈhoumˌmeikər) noun1. apersonwhomanagesthehouseholdofhisorherownfamily,esp.asaprincipaloccupation 2. apersonemployedtomanageahouseholdanddohouseholdchoresforothers,asforthesickorelderly USAGE1.Seehousewife.Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1885–90;home+maker] Examplesof'homemaker'inasentence homemaker TheseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontentthatdoesnotreflecttheopinionsorpoliciesofCollins,oritsparentcompanyHarperCollins. Wewelcomefeedback:reportanexamplesentencetotheCollinsteam.Readmore… Itwastoughforhimtobeahomemakerandfatherandpastor.ChristianityToday(2000)Homemakersdoaddsandyloamandapplyfertilizer,containingsometypeofwettingagent.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomemakingThehomemaker'stimeandeffortareworthconservingbyeverymeans.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomemakingAsahomemaker,shewroteherfirstbookin1971.RetrievedfromWikipediaCCBY-SA3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.SourceURL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imme_Dros Trendsof homemaker Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically homemaker homemademeal homemadesign homemadesoup homemaker homemaking homeo- homeobox AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'H' Relatedtermsof homemaker displacedhomemaker Source DefinitionofhomemakerfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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