Look up: home-economics

1. home economics
   [n] - theory and practice of homemaking
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2. home economics
   home ec noun theory and practice of homemaking
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3. home economics
   (from the article `Richards, Ellen Swallow`) American chemist and founder of the home economics movement in the United States.American educator who brought a strong academic base to the university programs in home economics that she established.[2 related articles]
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4. home economics
   home economics, study of homemaking and the relation of the home to the community. Formerly limited to problems of food (nutrition and cookery), clothing, sewing, textiles, household equipment, housecleaning, housing, hygiene, and household economics, it later came to include many aspects of family ...
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5. Home Economics
   (Junior Cert) `Home Economics` is a subject taught in the Junior Certificate course in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Libya. The course is similar to other Home Economics courses but with some differences. The subject is generally optional and many of its participants are femal...
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