Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housebroken

/haʊsbɹəʊkən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: house-bro-ken
IPA: /haʊsbɹəʊkən/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"Hey. At least I'm housebroken."
"Week in and week out you come back like a housebroken Pomeranian loyal to the bitter end. Good boy."

Etymology

From house + broken.

Inflected Forms

house-broken (alternative)

Derived Forms

unhousebroken

Synonyms

house-trained

Questions

How do you pronounce housebroken?: The recorded pronunciation is /haʊsbɹəʊkən/.
What does housebroken mean?: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
Where does housebroken come from?: From house + broken.

How to pronounce housebroken

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