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purebred
adjective pure·bred \-ˈbred, -ˌbred\
of animals : having parents that are of the same breed
Full Definition of PUREBRED
: bred from members of a recognized breed, strain, or kind without admixture of other blood over many generations
— pure·bred \-ˌbred\ noun
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First Known Use of PUREBRED
1852
Related to PUREBRED
- Synonyms
- blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, pedigreed (or pedigree), pure-blooded (or pure-blood), thoroughbred
Rhymes with PUREBRED
abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead, beachhead, bedspread, bedstead, beebread, behead, bestead, bighead, biped, blackhead, blockhead, bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled, bonehead, brain-dead, break bread, bridgehead, brown bread, bulkhead, bullhead, catch dead, cathead, childbed, clubhead, coed, cokehead, corn bread, corn-fed, cowshed, crackhead, crispbread, crisphead, crossbred, crosshead, daybed, deadhead, death's-head, deathbed, dispread, dogsled, dopehead, drop-dead, drophead, drumhead, dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red, farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead, foresaid, French bread, fry bread, Gateshead, gearhead, godhead, greenhead, half-bred, hardhead, highbred, hogshead, homebred, homestead, hophead, hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred, instead, jarhead, juicehead, knock dead, lamed, light bread, lowbred, lunkhead, make head, masthead, meathead, moped, naled, outspread, packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead, point spread, pothead, premed, printhead, quick bread, railhead, redhead, red lead, re-tread, retread, roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, saphead, scarehead, screw thread, seabed, seedbed, sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, skinhead, snowshed, softhead, sorehead, spearhead, spoon bread, springhead, steelhead, straightbred, streambed, subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, thickhead, toolshed, towhead, trailhead, Turk's head, unbred, undead, unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, Volstead, warhead, webfed, well-bred, wellhead, well-read, white-bread, whitehead, white lead, widespread, wingspread, woodshed, woolshed
PUREBRED Defined for Kids
purebred
adjective pure·bred \ˈpyu̇r-ˈbred\
Definition of PUREBRED for Kids
: bred from ancestors of a single breed for many generations <purebred horses>
Medical Dictionary
purebred
adjective pure·bred \-ˈbred\
Medical Definition of PUREBRED
: bred from members of a recognized breed, strain, or kind without outbreeding over many generations
—pure·bred \-ˌbred\ noun
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