home economics

home economics — ► PLURAL NOUN (often treated as sing. ) ▪ the study of cookery and household management …   English terms dictionary

home economics — ☆ home economics n. the science and art of homemaking, including nutrition, clothing, budgeting, and child care …   English World dictionary

Home Economics — This article is about the broad field of Home Economics. For other, and specific, uses see Home Economics (disambiguation). Home Economics, [International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE): Position Statement in: International Journal of Home… …   Wikipedia

home economics — N UNCOUNT Home economics is a school subject dealing with how to run a house well and efficiently …   English dictionary

home economics —    cooking and housekeeping    The tuition needs a name which avoids sexual stereotyping:     In Home Economics, which really means cooking and sewing, I ve learned how to install a zipper and make a flat fell seam. (Atwood, 1988) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

home economics — home economist. 1. the art and science of home management. 2. a college curriculum usually including studies in nutrition, the purchase, preparation, and service of food, interior design, clothing and textiles, child development, family… …   Universalium

home economics — home′ econom′ics n. (used with a sing. v.) edu the study of nutrition, food, clothing, child development, family relationships, and household economics • Etymology: 1895–1900, amer. home′ econ′omist,n …   From formal English to slang

home economics — home eco nomics n [U] the study of cooking, sewing, and other skills used at home, taught as a subject at school …   Dictionary of contemporary English

home economics — home eco nomics noun uncount OLD FASHIONED a subject taught in schools involving skills that are useful in the home, for example cooking and making clothes …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

home economics — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Date: 1899 the theory and practice of homemaking called also home ec • home economist noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

home economics — /hoʊm ɛkəˈnɒmɪks/ (say hohm ekuh nomiks) noun the art and science of home making, including the purchase, preparation, and service of food, the selection and making of clothing, the choice of furnishings, the care of children, etc.; domestic… …   Australian-English dictionary