'Housekeeping' definitions:
Definition of 'housekeeping'
(from WordNet)
noun
The work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework, housekeeping]
Definition of 'Housekeeping'
From: GCIDE
- Housekeeping \House"keep`ing\, a. Domestic; used in a family; as, housekeeping commodities. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Housekeeping'
From: GCIDE
- Housekeeping \House"keep`ing\, n.
- 1. The state of occupying a dwelling house as a householder. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Care of domestic concerns; management of a house and home affairs. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Tell me, softly and hastily, what's in the pantry? Small housekeeping enough, said Ph[oe]be. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]