Definitions for housewife

housewife house·wife

Spelling: [hous-wahyf or, usually, huhz-if for 2]
IPA: /ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf or, usually, ˈhʌz ɪf for 2/

Housewife is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in housewife (eefhiosuw).

Definitions for housewife

noun

  1. Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
  2. British. a sewing box; a small case or box for needles, thread, etc.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Archaic. to manage with efficiency and economy, as a household.

Origin of housewife

First recorded in 1175-1225, housewife is from the Middle English word hus(e)wif. See house, wife

Examples for housewife

She is an adult and just a housewife from the suburbs to these people.

Every housewife who uses a teakettle is familiar with this condition.

The housewife, in the absence of her husband, received me very kindly.

The 37-year-old was raised in a village outside of Kiev by his mother, a housewife, and his father, a construction manager.

Right back into that housewife position I was in in the first place.

A careful study of this table will be profitable to the housewife.

He simply glanced up at the author of So Big and Show Boat and then wrote “housewife.”

On a cool December evening in 2011, an Egyptian housewife woke up screaming in her bed.

A test that can be applied by the housewife is illustrated in Fig. 4.

In sooth, I would yet do it, if he would make it up with the housewife.

Word Value for housewife
Scrable

18

Words with friends

18

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