Any general tasks that involve preparation.
Hospitality; a liberal and hospitable table; a supply of provisions.
The chores of maintaining a house as a residence, especially cleaning.
Preparation.
A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy.
A prep school.
preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
To prepare.