Purebred

adj, noun

adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An animal which has genuine parents of the same breed.
  2. 2
    a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.
Adjective
  1. 1
    bred for many generations from member of a recognized breed or strain wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
full bloodedfull bloodfull-bloodedpurebloodpurebloodedthoroughbred

Example

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"For fourteen years Tom had owned a purebred dog, and he remembered that the breeder had furnished him a pedigree chart showing every dam and sire going back four generations."

Etymology

From pure + bred.

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