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Housebreak

//ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of housebreaking.
Verb
  1. 1
    To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle. US, transitive
  2. 2
    train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house wordnet
  3. 3
    To break into a house, typically to burgle it. US, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.

Etymology 2

From house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.

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