From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdomestic sciencedoˌmestic ˈscience noun [uncountable] British English old-fashioned SESDHthe study of cooking, sewing etc, taught as a subject at school SYN home economics
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domestic science• 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. 