HOUSEBROKEN

housebroken, house-trained

(adjective) (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; “housebroken pets”; “‘house-trained’ is chiefly British”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

housebroken (not comparable)

Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.

Synonym: house-trained

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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