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house cat

noun

Definition of house cat

as in cat

a small domestic animal known for catching mice the house cat at the Cheshire Cat Bookstore has the dual responsibility of being mascot and mouser

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Recent Examples of house cat There was a time when Lee would’ve been more averse to getting wet than a house cat. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026 Watching Irina Morozova use her own tooth to have a few illuminating chats with her fellow inmates via Morse code, I was powerfully reminded of the gulf between her, a woman made of adamantium, and me, a soft little house cat in human form. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026 At full size, pudus stand just 13 to 17 inches tall — roughly the height of a house cat. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Some have compared their size to a house cat. — Ryan Brennan april 24, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for house cat

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My wife says this clogs our dishwasher and that her parents have used one blue bowl to feed their cats for 30 years.

— John Hodgman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
The series pickup caps a seven-year journey for Dungeon Crawler Carl, which originated in 2019 with vignettes Dinniman self-published on a digital platform as a hobby while not busy with his main job as a sketch artist at cat shows.

— Peter White, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

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Melvin may be tiny, but his spirit is not, and the kitty has beaten all the odds, including two parasites, an upper respiratory infection, and an eye infection.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
The CleanWell Self Cleaning litter box is definitely one appliance that will benefit you as much as your kitty.

— Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026

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