housebroken
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈhaʊsˌbroʊkən/
- US
:
educado
- You are saving a pet that needs a loving home, and the adult ones are usually already trained and housebroken.
- housebroken dog
Examples
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Many potential dog owners prefer housebroken pets to avoid cleaning accidents in their homes.
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I am crate training my Great Dane puppy, but I just want to do that until she is 100% housebroken.
Blog text (16) -
- Is the animal housebroken?
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Looks like these critters need to be housebroken.
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This little puppy's finally gonna get housebroken.
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- He's completely housebroken.
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He's housebroken.
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"This puppy is not well housebroken yet," Faile confided to the Aiel women.
Fiction book (1992) -
A plethora of housebroken, well-trained older pets ready for adoption can be found in local animal shelters.
Academic text (2001) -
If you're considering adopting a puppy, make sure to choose one that is already housebroken.
Synonyms
3
3.3
Can use the toilet instead of a diaper
1
2.5
Trained to go to the toilet outside or in a set place
Antonyms
How House-Trained
Surface Forms
Morphology
housebroken = housebreak (semi-transparent) = house + break + en
The verb 'housebreak' (house + break meaning 'train') is recognizable, but the sense of 'break' here = 'train/tame' is somewhat specialized and not obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Housebroken comes from the words house and broken, where broken comes from break and once meant 'trained', like when you 'break in' a horse or 'break in' new shoes. So a housebroken pet is one taught not to make a mess inside the house.