house dog
house dog noun: a dog used to protect a house, a watchdog; (later also) a dog kept as a pet.
Noun
house dog (plural house dogs)
- A dog used to protect a house, a watchdog; (later also) a dog kept as a pet.
- The house-dog, with the vacant greyhound, lies, / Out-stretch'd, and sleepy.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- watchdog
house dog meaning in Tamil
house dog in Tamil
- வீட்டுக் காவல் நாய்
Synonyms of house dog
Forms of house dog
| plural | house dogs |
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Origin of house dog
From house + dog.
Questions about house dog
- What does house dog mean?
- House dog means a dog used to protect a house, a watchdog; (later also) a dog kept as a pet.
- What is house dog in Tamil?
- House dog in Tamil is வீட்டுக் காவல் நாய். See House dog meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is house dog?
- House dog is a noun.
- What is the plural of house dog?
- The plural of house dog is house dogs.
Words near house dog in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: house dog (page history and authors); house dog (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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