/hɔːs/
Translation
A big, strong animal with four legs that people ride or that pulls things.
Word origin
From Old English hors, the name for the riding animal, used across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- hors
Grammar
Examples
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"Horse" is a big animal with four legs.
cart.
"Horses" is the plural, meaning more than one.
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People sit on a "horse" to travel or for fun.
A horse is a big, strong animal with four legs and a long tail. People ride horses, and horses can pull carts and other heavy things. One animal is a horse, and more than one are horses.
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