HORSE RACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does horse race mean? 

• HORSE RACE (noun)
  The noun HORSE RACE has 1 sense:

1. a contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting

  Familiarity information: HORSE RACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HORSE RACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("horse race" is a kind of...):

race (a contest of speed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horse race"):

claiming race (a horse race in which each owner declares before the race at what price his horse will be offered for sale after the race)

selling race (a horse race in which the winning horse must be put up for auction)

harness race; harness racing (a horse race between people riding in sulkies behind horses that are trotting or pacing)

stake race (a horse race in which part of the prize is put up by the owners of the horses in the race)

steeplechase (a horse race over an obstructed course)

thoroughbred race (a race between thoroughbred horses)