domestic
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domestic/dəˈmestɪk/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to a home or family affairs or relations.
■ of or for use in the home.
- 2 (of a person) fond of family life and running a home.
- 3 (of an animal) tame and kept by humans.
- 4 existing or occurring within a country.
- 1 (also domestic worker or domestic help) a person who is employed to do domestic tasks.
- 2 Brit. informal a violent quarrel between family members.
– derivatives
domestically adverb.
domestically adverb.
– origin ME: from Fr. domestique, from L. domesticus, from domus ‘house’.
'domestic' also found in these Oxford entries:
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- aurochs
- Aylesbury
- banteng
- Belgian hare
- bezoar
- boar
- boiler
- brindle
- calf
- capon
- chanticleer
- charkha
- chick
- chicken
- chukar
- cock
- cockerel
- cockscomb
- collar
- comb
- conversation piece
- domesticate
- domestic partner
- domestic science
- egg
- fantail
- feed
- fire
- fire irons
- fireplace
- fireside
- flatware
- flock
- focus
- fowl
- gallinaceous
- garbage
- GDP
- greylag
- gross domestic product
- gross national product
- guanaco
- hackle
- handicraft
- handyman
- help
- hen
- houseboy
