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Definition of "home ec" []

  • Informal Home economics. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "home ec" in a sentence
  • "One roommate had been a first-prize winner—tap—in the “Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour”; the other was a home ec teacher at West Orange High School."
  • "Everyone took a few steps back, and Mrs. Lamont, the home ec teacher, ran in."
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