domestic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family.
domestic pleasures.
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devoted to home life or household affairs.
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no longer wild; domesticated; tame.
domestic animals.
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of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries.
domestic trade.
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indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native.
domestic goods.
noun
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a hired household servant.
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something produced or manufactured in one's own country.
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domestics, household items made of cloth, as sheets, towels, and tablecloths.
adjective
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of or involving the home or family
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enjoying or accustomed to home or family life
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(of an animal) bred or kept by man as a pet or for purposes such as the supply of food
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of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country
domestic and foreign affairs
noun
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a household servant
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informal (esp in police use) an incident of violence in the home, esp between a man and a woman
Other Word Forms
- antidomestic adjective
- antidomestically adverb
- domestically adverb
- nondomestic adjective
- nondomestically adverb
- predomestic adjective
- predomestically adverb
- semidomestic adjective
- semidomestically adverb
- undomestic adjective
- undomestically adverb
Etymology
Origin of domestic
First recorded in 1515–25; from Latin domesticus, derivative of domus “house” ( dome ); replacing domestique, from Middle French
Example Sentences
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The Indian steel industry is likely to report a 5%-6% on year gain in domestic volume in the three months ended December, while average prices of hot-rolled coil and rebar likely declined on quarter.
The justices said the domestic abuser ban fit in a larger historical tradition of banning dangerous people from guns — explicitly rejecting the idea that lawmakers today must show a “historical twin.”
From Los Angeles Times
This, even though the U.S. only has some 25% share of global gross domestic product.
From Barron's
When oil prices drop, smaller, independent oil producers that make up a huge chunk of the domestic industry struggle to get enough cash flowing into their coffers to drill their next wells.
The memo, which came to be known as the “abduction opinion,” paved the way for seizing Noriega to face domestic drug trafficking charges.
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