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dogsled

dogsled noun: a sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.

Noun

dogsled (plural dogsleds)

  1. A sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.
    • His body was jammed so tightly in the carryall of the dog sled that I had difficulty slipping my arm under him.1959, William A. Leising, Arctic Wings, page 121
    Synonyms:
    dog sledge

Verb

dogsled (third-person singular simple present dogsleds, present participle dogsledding, simple past and past participle dogsledded)

  1. (intransitive) To ride on a dogsled.
  2. (intransitive) To race dogsleds.

Synonyms of dogsled

Forms of dogsled

Noun
pluraldogsleds
alternative formdog sled
Verb
third-person singular presentdogsleds
present participledogsledding
past participledogsledded
pastdogsledded

Origin of dogsled

From dog + sled.

Words formed from dogsled

Questions about dogsled

What does dogsled mean?
Dogsled means a sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow.
What part of speech is dogsled?
Dogsled can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of dogsled?
The plural of dogsled is dogsleds.

Words near dogsled in the dictionary

  1. dogsitter
  2. dogsitters
  3. dogsitting
  4. dogskin
  5. dogskins
  6. dogsled
  7. dogsled mail
  8. dogsledded
  9. dogsledder
  10. dogsledders
  11. dogsledding

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