domestic sheep

1. 1.

   any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin

   SynonymsOvis aries

   Broadersheep

   NarrowerCotswoldHampshireLincolnExmoorCheviotbroadtaillongwoolmerinoRambouillet

   Part ofOvis

   Partsmoutonlamb

Questions about domestic sheep

What does domestic sheep mean?

domestic sheep means "any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin".

What is another word for domestic sheep?

Close synonyms include Ovis aries. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is domestic sheep a common word?

domestic sheep is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.