public domain

noun
/ˌpʌblɪk də(ʊ)ˈmeɪn/UK/ˌpʌblɪk doʊˈmeɪn/US

Etymology

From public (“able to be seen or known by everyone”) + domain (“field or sphere of activity, expertise, or influence”).

  1. derived from dominium
  2. derived from demeine
  3. inherited from demayne
  4. formed as public domain — “public + domain

Definitions

  1. Often preceded by in the.

  2. Land regarded as owned by the public, and not subject to a land patent or other forms of…

    Land regarded as owned by the public, and not subject to a land patent or other forms of private ownership (for example, unowned prairie in the southwestern and western United States).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for public domain. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA