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domestic
[duh-mes-tik]
adjective
of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family.
domestic pleasures.
devoted to home life or household affairs.
no longer wild; domesticated; tame.
domestic animals.
of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries.
domestic trade.
indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native.
domestic goods.
noun
a hired household servant.
something produced or manufactured in one's own country.
domestics, household items made of cloth, as sheets, towels, and tablecloths.
domestic
/ əˈɛɪ /
adjective
of or involving the home or family
enjoying or accustomed to home or family life
(of an animal) bred or kept by man as a pet or for purposes such as the supply of food
of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country
domestic and foreign affairs
noun
a household servant
informal(esp in police use) an incident of violence in the home, esp between a man and a woman
Other Word Forms
- domestically adverb
- antidomestic adjective
- antidomestically adverb
- nondomestic adjective
- nondomestically adverb
- predomestic adjective
- predomestically adverb
- semidomestic adjective
- semidomestically adverb
- undomestic adjective
- undomestically adverb
- ˈپ adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of domestic1
Example Sentences
To make domestic production viable, Keen has invested heavily in automation, enabling the Kentucky plant to operate with just a fraction of the workforce required overseas.
But domestic recycling rates have barely budged in a decade.
"A lack of investment in our own domestic energy production has left us exposed," she said.
Disney cut several hundred employees in the U.S. and abroad, while Paramount shed hundreds of its domestic workforce and Warner Bros. eliminated several dozen positions.
But his domestic opponents have never been able to finish him off and he has shamelessly exploited every new crisis, many of them self-inflicted, to avoid electoral defeat and further consolidate his power.
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