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domestic

  • adjective
  • do·mes·tic
  • /dəˈmɛs.tɪk/

Of or relating to the home.

Other meanings

  1. Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.

    “domestic violence;  domestic hot water”

  2. Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.

Related words

  • domestic dependent nation
  • domestic dog
  • antidomestic
  • domesticable
  • domestically
  • domesticise
  • domesticize
  • domicide
  • electrodomestic
  • extradomestic
  • interdomestic
  • intermestic

Example sentences

  • “This might be said to a domestic animal.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Domestic cats aren't too far removed from their wild ancestors.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “domestic” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.