light housekeeping

noun

1

: domestic work restricted to the less laborious duties

2

: housekeeping in quarters with limited facilities for cooking

Examples of light housekeeping in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Valet and concierge services are available 24/7, and The Vi handles all maintenance and even provides light housekeeping. —Vi At Aventura, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

On the non-medical side, many older adults will need help with tasks such as personal care, meal preparation, light housekeeping and transportation. —Joan Ekobena, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025

The family’s original Assisted Living Services, remains in the industry of pairing caregivers with clients, many of them seniors, who need help with daily living such as meal prep, mobility, light housekeeping, transportation, medication reminders, bathing, abd dressing. —Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2024

PCAs can help prepare meals, do chores like laundry or light housekeeping; home health aides assist with bathing and dressing, and other daily living activities. —Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 4 June 2023

Cleaning schedules vary across Hyatt properties, with some offering light housekeeping services. —USA TODAY, 6 May 2023

But while my own experience included a little light housekeeping and some yard work, the responsibilities of actual lightkeepers—before automation in the 20th century made the job obsolete—were much more demanding. —Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023

At home, her activities include laundry and light housekeeping. —Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2022

Walt Disney World reduced service to light housekeeping every other day. —CBS News, 17 Mar. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for light housekeeping

• beekeeping
• bookkeeping
• gatekeeping
• peacekeeping
• safekeeping
• timekeeping
• beeping
• creeping
• heaping
• keeping
• leaping
• peeping