Definition of Homemaking

1. Noun. The management of a household.

Generic synonyms: Direction, Management

Definition of Homemaking

1. Noun. The management of a household considered as an occupation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homemaking

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homemaking

homelike
homelily
homeliness
homelinesses
homeling
homelings
homelives
homely
homelyn
homelyness
homelyns
homemade
homemaker
homemaker services
homemakers
homemaking (current term)
homemakings
homeness
homentropic
homeo-
homeobox
homeobox gene
homeoboxes
homeodomain
homeodomain proteins
homeodomains
homeogenetic induction
homeograph
homeographs
homeoidal

Literary usage of Homemaking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rural School Survey of New York State: Vocational Education by Theodore Hildreth Eaton (1922)
"Of the latter 45 associate departments of homemaking with departments of agriculture, 29 are schools of homemaking only. Fifty-five schools are located in ..."

2. The Vocational Education of Girls and Women by Albert H. Leake (1918)
"homemaking not considered a "gainful occupation." homemaking enjoys the proud distinction of being the one prevailing industry that is considered by the ..."

3. Rural School Survey of New York State by Joint Committee on Rural Schools (1922)
"Of the latter 45 associate departments of homemaking with departments of agriculture, 29 are schools of homemaking only. Fifty-five schools are located in ..."

4. Publication by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Cleveland Foundation Survey Committee, Emergency Conservation Committee (U.S.) (1916)
"Courses dealing with the subject matter of household arts are announced in different cities under names such as homemaking, home economics, ..."

5. Household Arts and School Lunches by Alice C. Boughton (1916)
"Courses dealing with the subject matter of household arts are announced in different cities under names such as homemaking, home economics, ..."

6. The Worker and the State: A Study of Education for Industrial Workers by Arthur Davis Dean (1910)
"If they enter upon the subsequent vocation of homemaking without preparation the conditions are disastrous to health and to the home. ..."

7. The Worker and the State: A Study of Education for Industrial Workers by Arthur Davis Dean (1910)
"If they enter upon the subsequent vocation of homemaking without preparation the conditions are disastrous to health and to the home. ..."

8. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1903)
"A second way of teaching our girls homemaking comes through the public schools. ... One teacher can teach 30 girls the principles of homemaking easier than ..."

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