adjective.
Of animals: trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
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adjective.
(of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place
Word Usage
"To the animal rescue place who then adopts them out to suburbanites who soon learn that the word "housebroken" means different things to different people."