English Explanatory Dictionary

thoroughbred

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bred from pure stock.
  2. Well-bred and properly educated.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”).
  2. Any purebred horse.
  3. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
  4. A well-bred person.
noun
  1. A horse of a breed derived from crosses between Arabian stallions and English mares, bred for racing, with its breeding history recorded in an official stud book.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thoroughbred.wav

Word forms

thoroughbred more thoroughbred most thoroughbred thoroughbreds

Etymology

From thorough + bred.

Related words

thoroughbreed

Translations

Catalan: pura sang French: pur-sang German: Englisches Vollblut German: Vollblut Irish: capall ardfhola Italian: purosangue inglese Italian: purosangue Japanese: サラブレッド Norwegian Bokmål: fullblodshest Norwegian Nynorsk: fullblodshest Portuguese: puro-sangue inglês Portuguese: puro sangue Spanish: purasangre Spanish: caballo de raza pura Swedish: fullblod
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