Meanings
- pluralplural onlyCollectively, products destined for use in the house, for example, for cleaning, cooking, eating, entertainment, personal hygiene, sleeping, and general upkeep.
1 more example
'Smuggling was a way of life here, with no stigma attached,' David explained. His own granny used to smuggle out rabbit meat, tied to her body, and bring back such coveted Italian goods as chocolate, coffee and brooms. 'Brooms?' I asked him in disbelief. 'Yes, ordinary sorghum brooms, which were in short supply in Communist Yugoslavia, like many other basic household goods,' he said with a smile.
2026 June 24, Vitali Vitaliev, “Life on the borderline”, in RAIL, number 1064, page 68Synonyms: houseware, house plunder, housewifery
Synonyms & antonyms
nounCollectively, products destined for use in the house, for example, for cleaning, cooking, eating, entertainment, personal hygiene, sleeping, and general upkeep.
Translations
Japanese 所帯道具
- 所帯道具 (shotaidōgu)collectively, products destined for use in the house
Polish artykuły użytku domowego
- artykuły użytku domowegocollectively, products destined for use in the house
Spanish menaje, ajuar
- menajecollectively, products destined for use in the house
- ajuarcollectively, products destined for use in the house
- enserescollectively, products destined for use in the house
- trastoscollectively, products destined for use in the house
Cite this entry
household goods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/household%20goods
“household goods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/household%20goods. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “household goods,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/household%20goods.
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