Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
domestic science
noun
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▪ Further education in domestic science was given at the Women's Department of King's College, which opened in 1909.
▪ In theory, she studied domestic science - dressmaking and cooking - and took a pitman's correspondence and typing course.
WordNet
domestic science
n. theory and practice of homemaking [syn: home economics, home ec, household arts]
Usage examples of "domestic science".
With her sister, Catharine Beecher, she would later write The American Woman's Home, or Principles of Domestic Science (1869).