crossbred

cross·bred

adj \ˈkrȯs-ˈbred\

Definition of CROSSBRED

: produced by crossbreeding : hybrid

— cross·bred \-ˌbred\ noun

Examples of CROSSBRED

1. <a beautiful crossbred dog who had the pleading eyes of a beagle and the body of a greyhound>

First Known Use of CROSSBRED

1856

Related to CROSSBRED

Synonyms: cold-blooded (or coldblood), cross, mixed, hybrid, mongrel

Antonyms: blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, purebred, thoroughbred

Related Words: grade, half-bred; dihybrid, trihybrid; crossed, hybridized, interbred, outcrossed

Near Antonyms: pedigreed (or pedigree); inbred, linebred, straightbred

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Rhymes with CROSSBRED

abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, biped, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, homestead, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, purebred, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, retread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, whitehead, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed