housebreak
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housebreak
- /ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/
Where it comes from
From house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.
verb housebreaks · housebreaking · housebroke · housebroken
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To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
Similar: housetrain, toilet-train
- To break into a house, typically to burgle it.
noun housebreaks
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Synonym of housebreaking.
Similar: housebreaking
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verb train an animal to avoid urinating in the house
| Português | domesticar |
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