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| 1. | [ adjective ] (government) of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | |
| Examples: | "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" |
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| Related terms: | foreign home municipal national | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the home | |
| Examples: | "domestic servant" "domestic science" |
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| Related terms: | dwelling | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (housing) of or involving the home or family | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | undomestic household home housewifely domesticated husbandly home-style home-loving domesticity | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] converted or adapted to domestic use | |
| Synonyms: | domesticated | |
| Examples: | "domestic animals" "domesticated plants like maize" |
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| Related terms: | tame | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] produced in a particular country | |
| Examples: | "domestic wine" "domestic oil" |
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| Related terms: | native | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (work) a household servant | |
| Synonyms: | house_servant domestic_help | |
| Related terms: | servant maid housewife housekeeper skivvy home_help ayah | |
| Similar spelling: |
domesticize domesticity domesticise domesticate downstair downstairs doomsday |
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