Homemaker Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

HOMEMAKER meaning: a wife who does work (such as sewing, cleaning, or cooking) at home and usually does not have another job outside the home housewife. TheBritannicaDictionary mobilesearch Home AsktheEditor WordoftheDay Quizzes CoreVocabulary BrowsetheDictionary × BritannicaHomepage AsktheEditor WordoftheDay Quizzes CoreVocabulary BrowsetheDictionary TheBritannicaDictionary homemaker 1ENTRIESFOUND: homemaker(noun) homemaker /ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkɚ/ noun plural homemakers homemaker /ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkɚ/ noun plural homemakers BritannicaDictionarydefinitionofHOMEMAKER [count] chieflyUS : awifewhodoeswork(suchassewing,cleaning,orcooking)athomeandusuallydoesnothaveanotherjoboutsidethehome : housewife TVcommercialsoftenshowhappyhomemakers. [+]moreexamples [-]hideexamples [+]Examplesentences [-]Hideexamples —homemaking /ˈhoʊmˌmeɪkɪŋ/ noun [noncount] thechallengesofhomemaking [+]moreexamples [-]hideexamples [+]Examplesentences [-]Hideexamples ASKTHEEDITOR Isit"Bobandme"or"BobandI"? Seetheanswer» QUIZZES VocabularyQuiz Testyourwordpower TaketheQuiz» NameThatThing Takeourvisualquiz TestYourKnowledge» WORDOFTHEDAY heartily :inanenthusiasticandenergeticway LearnMore» AboutUs&LegalInfo PartnerProgram ContactUs PrivacyNotice TermsofUse PronunciationSymbols Help ©2022EncyclopædiaBritannica,Inc.