horse
US /hɔrs/
Definition
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The tourists rode a horse along the beach during the afternoon tour.
Synonyms
- steed(literary) a spirited horse for state or war
- equinehoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck
Collocations
- Easy ride a horseto ride a horse, meaning to sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- Medium horse racing eventto horse racing event, meaning to provide with a horse or horses
- Hard dark horse candidate in electiondescribing dark horse candidate in election (absence of light or illumination)
- Very Hard straight from the horse's mouthdescribing straight from the horse's mouth (a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.