Definitions for housebreak
ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkhouse·break

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. housebreak, house-trainverb

   train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. housebreakverb

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

2. Etymology: Back-formed from housebroken.

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1. housebreak

   Housebreak is the process of training a pet, typically a dog or cat, to defecate or urinate outside or in a designated area rather than inside the house. It may also refer to breaking into and entering a house with criminal intent.

Matched Categories

1. • Train

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce housebreak?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say housebreak in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of housebreak in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of housebreak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of housebreak in a Sentence

1. Bernard Rollin:

   In some ways, there's a big debate about whether you should adopt a puppy or an older dog, and there are advantages to both. If you adopt a puppy, you've got to housebreak, you have to train, et cetera. On the other hand, you get to mold that dog a little bit more, when you adopt an adult dog, you're getting a package you don't necessarily know what's inside, but you don't have to house train and so forth, and a lot of shelters have the previous owner write up a detailed account of that dog.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=housebreak
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Housebreak
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=housebreak