Definition of "domestic science" []

• Home economics. (noun)

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• "Through the agency of the Eliza Dee Home a thorough training is provided for the girls in domestic science and domestic art."
• "It was a good thing for Reed and Wilson that Central High decided to discontinue its domestic science department."
• "At present, agriculture and a school of domestic science for young women are carried on at Reifenstein."