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noun [ C ] uk / dəˈmes.tɪk / us / dəˈmes.tɪk / domestic noun [C] (CRIME) mainly UK informal. a fight or attack that happens in a home between people who know each other: Police officers should never dismiss a violent incident as "a domestic". SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. domestic noun [C] (SERVANT) old-fashioned (also domestic help)
belonging or relating to the home, house, or family: domestic chores / duties / arrangements. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. domestic. noun [ C ] us / dəˈmes.tɪk / uk / dəˈmes.tɪk / domestic noun [C] (CRIME) mainly UK informal. a fight or attack that happens in a home between people who know each other:
1. : a servant hired to work for a household. Her grandmother worked as a domestic. 2. : an article (such as a rug or blanket) manufactured within one's own country or for use in a household : an article of domestic (see domestic entry 1 sense 2) manufactureusually used in plural.
A domestic, a domestic help, or a domestic worker is a person who is paid to come to help with the work that has to be done in a house such as the cleaning, washing, and ironing. Synonyms: servant, help, maid, woman [informal] More Synonyms of domestic. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Domestic generally means relating to someone's family, home, or home country. Domestic work is work done in the home — a domestic is someone who works in a home, such as a nanny or a maid.
adjective. /dəˈmestɪk/ [usually before noun] of or inside a particular country; not foreign or international. domestic affairs/politics. Output consists of both exports and sales on the domestic market. The US is unable to meet its domestic demand for steel in any given year. English domestic law.
DOMESTIC meaning: 1. relating to the home and family relationships: 2. inside one country and not international: 3…. Learn more.
devoted to home life or household affairs. no longer wild; domesticated; tame: domestic animals. of or relating to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries: domestic trade. indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native: domestic goods.
Domestic Definition. də-mĕstĭk. domestics. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Adjective. Noun. Filter. adjective. Having to do with the home or housekeeping; of the house or family. Domestic joys. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Of one's own country or the country referred to. Webster's New World.
: of, relating to, or made in your own country. the domestic economy/market. foreign and domestic affairs/policy. international and domestic politics. [+] more examples. — opposite foreign. 2. always used before a noun : relating to or involving someone's home or family. domestic happiness. His domestic [= home] life was not very happy.
