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domestic

The correct spelling is domestic.

How to pronounce domestic

/dəˈmɛstɪk/
noun

IPA: /dəˈmɛstɪk/

Say it like: Dom-est-ic

The correct spelling is domestic. A house servant; a maid; a household worker. For example: "2005: Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttps//web.archive.org/web/20060618212243/http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly."

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2005: Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence in Whatcom County (read on the Whatcom County website athttps//web.archive.org/web/20060618212243/http://www.co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/dv_whatcom042505.pdf on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal domestics” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.

domestic violence;  domestic hot water

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A house servant; a maid; a household worker.
  2. 2.A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent

adjective

  1. 1.Of or relating to the home.
  2. 2.Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
  3. 3.(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
  4. 4.Internal to a specific country.
  5. 5.Tending to stay at home; not outgoing.

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