housebroken

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Adjective housebroken has 1 sense

housebroken, house-trained - of pets; trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place; "housebroken pets"; "`house-trained' is chiefly British"
Antonym: untrained (indirect, via trained)

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Term: housebroken

Part of Speech: adjective

Senses:

Well-trained to behave properly inside a house; not likely to soil or damage surroundings.
Accustomed to living in a house rather than outside or in a kennel.

Usage:

Sense 1:

- After consistent training, the puppy became housebroken and stopped having accidents on the carpet.

- It's important to have a housebroken pet if you are planning to have them indoors most of the time.

Sense 2:

- The rescue dog was already housebroken, making the transition into his new home much easier.

- The cat had always been housebroken, having been raised in a family environment since it was a kitten.

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