House-trained
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: House-trained is an adjective meaning (of a pet) Trained not to excrete indoors.
Meaning
(of a pet) Trained not to excrete indoors.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Exhibiting behavior and habits that are consistent with good housekeeping.
- simple past and past participle of house-train
Example Sentences
DeSantis picks cultural fights that are sometimes warranted but more often exhausting. Yet each man will seem at least house-trained compared with recent leaders of their party.
But he did have the endearing habit of cleaning up after she cooked, and unlike other men of her acquaintance the dishes were actually clean when she went to get them out of the cupboard again. Johnny was house-trained, too.
Synonyms for house-trained
Depending on context, synonyms include house-broken, trained, housebroken.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include housebroken, trained, unhousebroken, unpotty-trained, untrainable, pseudotrained.
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