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domestic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | domestic help, house servant |
| Type of | servant, retainer |
| Has types | amah, home help, housekeeper, housemaid, maid, maidservant, slavey, skivvy, ayah |
domestic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | domesticated |
| Derivation | domesticity |
domestic animals.
domesticated plants like maize.
domestic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction.
domestic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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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.
domestic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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|---|
domestic wine.
domestic oil.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | domesticity |
domestic servant.
domestic science.
Examples of domestic
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The company has domestic loans of $250 million to $300 million, the report said.
From the bloomberg.com
Imports from China need to be boycotted in favor of domestic goods and services.
From the ocregister.com
We rightly believe his profligate domestic policies must be opposed and stopped.
From the washingtontimes.com
To find domestic purveyors of soy sauce, miso and sake, or produce it ourselves.
From the online.wsj.com
Neither the Legislature nor governor can rescind the domestic partner provision.
From the freep.com
He coupled this with a call to freeze domestic spending for the next five years.
From the freep.com
Money wasted on foreign concerns could far better be spent on domestic problems.
From the latimes.com
The auto maker, after all, has an edge over domestic rivals on the hybrid front.
From the businessweek.com
The country's gross domestic product contracted almost 5%, a painful adjustment.
From the businessweek.com
- A servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
- Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
- Of or relating to the home; "domestic servant"; "domestic science"
- (domestically) with respect to the internal affairs of a government; "domestically, the president proposes a more moderate economic policy"
- A house servant; a maid; A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent; Of or relating to the home; Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur; Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet; Internal to a specific country
- (domesticity) affection for the home and its material comforts
- (Domestics) A person who works in a private home doing chores such as cleaning, cooking, baby-sitting, errands, etc. This person may be paid or unpaid. In the case of child domestics, they are often not allowed to go to school, work extremely long hours and are treated poorly.
- (DOMESTICS) Those who reside in the same house with the master they serve the term does not extend to workmen or laborers employed out of doors. 5 Binn. R. 167; Merl. Rep. h. t. The Act of Congress of April 30, 1790, s. 25, uses the word domestic in this sense.
- (domestics) Soft goods, such as kitchen items, linens and other household textiles.
