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Main Entry:	housekeeping [hous-kee-ping] Show IPA/ˈhaʊsˌkipɪŋ/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	household management
Synonyms:	domestic science, home economy, housewifery, housework

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Main Entry:	husbandry
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	management of one's private affairs
Synonyms:	administration, budgeting, home management, housekeeping, management, managership

Main Entry:	domestic science
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	the study of home management
Synonyms:	home ec, home economics, housekeeping

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Concept:	[The economy or management of animals] Husbandry.
Category:	1. Vitality; special vitality
Synonyms:	-nouns husbandry, taming; circuration, zoohygiantics; domestication, domesticity; manege, veterinary art; farriery; breeding, pisciculture., menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden, zoo; bear pit; aviary, apiary, alveary, beehive; hive; aquarium, fishery; duck pond, fish pond., [Destruction of animals] phthisozoics (killing) [more]., neatherd, cowherd, shepherd; grazier, drover, cowkeeper; trainer, breeder; apiarian, apiarist; bull whacker [U.S.], cowboy, cow puncher [U.S.], farrier; horse leech, horse doctor; vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon., cage (prison); hencoop, bird cage, cauf; range, sheepfold (inclosure).
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