Usually means: Works not protected by copyright.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word public domain:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. public domain: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. public domain, the public domain: Merriam-Webster
  3. public domain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. public domain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. public domain: Collins English Dictionary
  6. public domain: Vocabulary.com
  7. public-domain, public domain: Wordnik
  8. public domain: Wiktionary
  9. public domain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. public domain: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. public-domain, public domain: Dictionary.com
  12. Public Domain (Charlie Hunter album), Public Domain (album), Public Domain (band), Public Domain (film), Public Domain, Public-domain, Public domain (land), Public domain, The Public Domain (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. public domain: Rhymezone
  14. public domain: FreeDictionary.org
  15. public domain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. public domain: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Public domain: Multimedia Glossary
  2. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. public domain: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  4. public domain: Law.com Dictionary
  5. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  7. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  9. Public-domain, public domain: Legal dictionary
  10. Public-domain, public domain: Financial dictionary
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. public domain: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. public domain: Netlingo
  3. public domain: CCI Computer
  4. CNET Internet Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Public-domain, public domain: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. public domain: Genealogy Glossary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  4. public domain: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

(Note: See public_domains as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (public domain)

noun:  (also attributively) Often preceded by in the.
noun:  The state of not being owned by anyone, and thus freely usable by everyone.
noun:  (specifically, law) The realm of intellectual property which is not or no longer protected by copyrights or patents, and thus over which no person can establish a proprietary interest.
noun:  The state of not or no longer being confidential or secret.
noun:  (especially US) 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).

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