noun
- plural of domestication; the process of taming wild animals or plants and adapting them for human use
- plural of domestication; the process of making something familiar, comfortable, or suited to home life
Usage: countable noun; typically used in academic, historical, or scientific contexts
Usage: less common; figurative use
Examples
- The domestications of wheat and barley marked a turning point in human civilization.
- Early farmers achieved the domestications of sheep and goats over thousands of years.
- Archaeological evidence shows multiple independent domestications of rice in Asia.
- The domestications of dogs began when wolves scavenged near human settlements.
- Scientists study past domestications to understand how species adapt to human environments.
- Different regions experienced domestications of distinct plant and animal species.