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housebreak

/ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
house-break
IPA
/ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To break into a house, typically to burgle it.

American usage; Intransitive verb

noun

Synonym of housebreaking.

Etymology

From house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.

Usage

Inflected Forms

housebreaks (present, singular) housebreaking (participle, present) housebroke (past) housebroken (participle, past) housebreaks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

housebreaker housebreaking subdue break domesticate

Synonyms

housebreaking housetrain toilet-train house-train

Questions

How do you pronounce housebreak?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/.
What does housebreak mean?
To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
Where does housebreak come from?
From house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.

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