The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Housework \House"work`\, n.
   The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work,
   sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

housework
    n 1: the work of cleaning and running a house [syn: housework,
         housekeeping]