house-train

verb

house-trained; house-training; house-trains

transitive verb

chiefly British

Examples of house-train in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Profile: Mary Jane is house-trained and crate-trained. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024 Her foster dad tells us that Anika is house-trained and crate trained. The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of house-train was in 1924

Dictionary Entries Near house-train

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“House-train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house-train. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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