Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarter horse

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ter horse
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An American breed of horse originally bred for short-distance racing.

Example Sentences

"I'm getting ready to go out and play the quarter horses."
"When the last tune of music floated from the fleet, he unstabled his quarter horse and headed for the coastal road leading west and north on his circuit."

Etymology

Named for its ability to outdistance other horse breeds in races of a quarter mile or less.

Inflected Forms

quarter horses (plural) quarterhorse (alternative) quarter-horse (alternative)

Questions

What does quarter horse mean?: An American breed of horse originally bred for short-distance racing.
Where does quarter horse come from?: Named for its ability to outdistance other horse breeds in races of a quarter mile or less.

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