chore

3 definitions • 4 examples

a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly:

I'll go shopping when I've done my chores (= done the jobs in or around the house).

I find writing reports a real chore (= very boring).

a job or piece of work that needs to be done regularly:

By the time he’d finished all the household chores it was mid-afternoon.

A chore is also something that is difficult and unpleasant:

It was a real chore trying to give our dog a bath.