home economics

home economics

noun
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 relationships, and household economics.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism

home economist, noun
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Home economics is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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home economics
 
n
(functioning as singular or plural) the study of diet, budgeting, child care, textiles, and other subjects concerned with running a home
 
home economist
 
n

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