Housewife
11housewife */ — UK [ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf] / US noun [countable] Word forms housewife : singular housewife plural housewives UK [ˈhaʊsˌwaɪvz] / US a woman who does not work outside the home and whose main job is looking after her children, cooking, cleaning etc …
12housewife — noun /ˈhaʊs.waɪf,ˈhʌzɪf/ a) The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Woffingtons housewife, made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world b) A little case or bag for materials… …
13housewife — house•wife [[t]ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf[/t]] or, usu., [[t]ˈhʌz ɪf[/t]] for 2 n. pl. wives [[t] ˌwaɪvz[/t]] or, usu., [[t] ɪfs[/t]] or [[t] ɪvz[/t]] for 2 1) off a married woman who manages her own household, esp. as her principal occupation 2) brit. a small… …
14Housewife Superstar — Infobox VG title= Housewife Superstar caption= developer= Studio Nocturne publisher= distributor= designer= series= engine= version= released= TBA genre= modes= single player ratings= platforms= Nintendo DS media= Nintendo DS Game Card… …
15Housewife's, Housewives' Alley — North out of Bethelem, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799). Housewife s or hussy s alley in old bedlam (P.C. 1732). The site is now occupied by Broad Street Station …
16housewife's syndrome — /ˈhaʊswaɪfs ˌsɪndroʊm/ (say howswuyfs .sindrohm) noun a depression which affects a woman who is socially isolated in her role as housewife and who suffers loss of self esteem because she is doing work that society does not value highly …
17housewife — noun (plural housewives) Date: 13th century 1. a married woman in charge of a household 2. a pocket size container for small articles (as thread) • housewifeliness noun • housewifely adjective • housewifery noun • housewifey …
18housewife — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. homemaker, lady of the house, hausfrau. See domestication. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wife, mistress of the house, lady of the house, housekeeper, mother to one s children, Hausfrau (German), mater… …
19housewife — house|wife [ˈhauswaıf] n plural housewives [ waıvz] a married woman who works at home doing the cooking, cleaning etc, but does not have a job outside the house = ↑homemaker →↑house husband …
20housewife — house|wife [ haus,waıf ] (plural housewives [ haus,waıvz ] ) noun count * a woman who does not work outside the home and whose main job is taking care of her children, cooking, cleaning, etc …
