a small routine job, especially one you do regularly at home like cleaning, washing dishes, or feeding animals
After dinner, Mia washed the dishes, her usual chore.
Feeding the chickens every morning is Jake's favourite chore on the farm.
✦ From 18th-century American English, shortened from 'char' or 'charwoman’s work', meaning small domestic jobs.
an activity that feels boring, difficult, or unpleasant but must be done
Filling out tax forms is such a chore every year.
For Liam, shopping for clothes is a real chore.
✦ Extended figurative use of the domestic sense, recorded from the mid-19th century.
