racehorse
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈreɪsˌhɔrs/
:
caballo de carreras
- Every racehorse at the track needs to be well-trained to compete effectively.
Now it is true you cannot make a racehorse out of a pig, but you can make a really fast pig.
- Now it is true you cannot make a racehorse out of a pig, but you can make a really fast pig.
- You can't make a racehorse out of a pig, but you can make a really fast pig.
Examples
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Here we have the California Wonder Accident, the legendary racehorse of the then California Governor Leland Stanford.
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And yet he is still, to this day, considered the greatest racehorse that ever lived.
Blog text (18) -
Sometimes a racehorse needs a little room to run.
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No one will think anything odd of me going to see your racehorse.
Fiction book (1999) -
And every good racehorse has a jockey.
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Why, the Hanahans had an interest in a racehorse a few years ago.
Fiction book (1995) -
Oh, I own some racehorses.
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We also judge that some good tomatoes are better than others, and some good racehorses are better than others.
Academic text (1994) -
One of the racehorses coming from Ireland got colic and had to be off-loaded in Brussels.
Fiction book (2000) -
Once a breeder of some of the most successful racehorses in the world, Darren had turned his attention to nurturing athletically advanced human orphans.
Synonyms
18
7.2
A racehorse that people bet on at the racetrack
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5.5
A fast type of horse bred for racing
2
2.0
An animal like a horse or dog that runs in competitions to see who is fastest
1
9.9
A horse raised for racing, like a racehorse
Idioms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Racehorse comes from the two words race and horse. The part race once meant a 'running contest', so a racehorse is a horse bred and trained to run fast in competitions.