domestic
//dəˈmɛs.tɪk//
Forms
- Comparative
- more domestic
- Superlative
- most domestic
- Plural
- domestics
Definitions
1.Of or relating to the home.
2.Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
3.Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
- It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.
4.Internal to a specific country.
- The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.
1.A maid or household servant.
- New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestics.
2.A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.(colloquial)
- Nobody wanted to join the 'Cardigan Squad' – so-called because Child Protection officers were seen as woolly, glorified social workers that mopped up after domestics.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1893
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle French domestique
From Latin domesticus
From domus (“house, home”).