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Domestic

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Noun

1. domestic, domestic help, house servant

a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

Adjective

2. domestic

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation

Example Sentences:
'domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction'

3. domestic

of or relating to the home

Example Sentences:
'domestic servant'
'domestic science'

4. domestic

of or involving the home or family

Example Sentences:
'domestic worries'
'domestic happiness'
'they share the domestic chores'
'everything sounded very peaceful and domestic'
'an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste'

5. domestic, domesticated

converted or adapted to domestic use

Example Sentences:
'domestic animals'
'domesticated plants like maize'

6. domestic

produced in a particular country

Example Sentences:
'domestic wine'
'domestic oil'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Domestic

see synonyms of domestic
adjective also : obsolete domestical
1. 
of or involving the home or family
2. 
enjoying or accustomed to home or family life
3. 
(of an animal) bred or kept by man as a pet or for purposes such as the supply of food
4. 
of, produced in, or involving one's own country or a specific country
domestic and foreign affairs
noun
5. 
a household servant
6. informal
(esp in police use) an incident of violence in the home, esp between a man and a woman

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Domestic

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adjective
1. 
having to do with the home or housekeeping; of the house or family
domestic joys
2. 
of one's own country or the country referred to
3. 
made or produced in the home country; native
domestic wine
4. 
domesticated; tame: said of animals
5. 
enjoying and attentive to the home and family life
noun
6. 
a servant for the home, as a maid or cook
7.  [pl.]
native products
8.  [pl.]
sheets, blankets, towels, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Domestic

see synonyms of domestic
adj.
1. Of or relating to the family or household: domestic chores.
2. Fond of home life and household affairs.
3. Tame or domesticated. Used of animals.
4. Of or relating to a country's internal affairs: domestic issues such as tax rates and highway construction.
5. Produced in or indigenous to a particular country: domestic oil; domestic wine.
n.
1. A household servant.
2. often domestics Household linens.
3. A product or substance discovered in, developed in, or exported from a particular country.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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