domestic science

noun, chiefly British, old-fashioned

Definition of domestic science

: a subject or class that teaches skills (such as cooking or sewing) which are useful in the home : home economics The girls weren't supposed to be good at "maths," so we took arithmetic, and while the boys were spending long hours studying maths we took needlework and domestic science instead.— Denny Taylor

Examples of domestic science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The nineteenth-century idea of domestic science was an attempt to systematize the tasks and duties of the housewife. — Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021 The Experiment Station is renamed the Good Housekeeping Institute, a facility on the street level of the Good Housekeeping building in Springfield, Massachusetts which included a model kitchen, domestic science laboratory, and test stations. — Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2015

These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'domestic science.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Learn More About domestic science

Dictionary Entries Near domestic science

domestic relations court

domestic science

domestic ship

Statistics for domestic science

Cite this Entry

“Domestic science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domestic%20science. Accessed 23 Jan. 2022.

Style: MLA

MLA