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horse-race

horse-race is the alternative spelling of horse race.

Meaning of horse race

Noun

horse race (plural horse races)

  1. A competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting
  2. An exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign).

Forms of horse-race

pluralhorse-races

Questions about horse-race

What is horse-race the alternative spelling of?
Horse-race is the alternative spelling of horse race.

Words near horse-race in the dictionary

  1. horse-operas
  2. horse-operatic
  3. horse-play
  4. horse-power
  5. horse-pox
  6. horse-race
  7. horse-races
  8. horse-radish
  9. horse-radishes
  10. horse-shoe vetch
  11. horse-shoe vetches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horse-race (page history and authors); horse race (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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