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domestic

domestic: listen to British English pronunciationdomestic: listen to American pronunciation /dəˈmestɪk/ adjective

Definition

HOME
relating to the home and family relationships:
domestic violence
What are his domestic arrangements?
COUNTRY
inside one country and not international:
a domestic flight
ANIMAL
A domestic animal is kept as a pet.
(Definition of domestic adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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