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thoroughbreds

thoroughbreds is the plural of thoroughbred.

Meaning of thoroughbred

Noun

thoroughbred (plural thoroughbreds)

  1. (broadly) Any purebred horse.
  2. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
    • That athlete is a real thoroughbred.
  3. A well-bred person.

See all 6 meanings of thoroughbred

Noun capitalized: Thoroughbreds

Thoroughbreds

  1. (plural) plural of Thoroughbred

Questions about thoroughbreds

What is thoroughbreds the plural of?
Thoroughbreds is the plural of thoroughbred.
What part of speech is thoroughbreds?
Thoroughbreds is a noun.

Words near thoroughbreds in the dictionary

  1. thoroughbasses
  2. thoroughbrace
  3. thoroughbraces
  4. thoroughbred
  5. thoroughbredness
  6. thoroughbreds
  7. thoroughbreed
  8. thoroughbreeds
  9. thorougher
  10. thoroughest
  11. thoroughfare

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thoroughbreds (page history and authors); Thoroughbreds (page history and authors); thoroughbred (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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