Phrase guide

sled dog

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any dog, such as a husky, that pulls a sled as part of a team.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a dog trained to draw a sled usually in a team

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sledge dog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: working dog

Narrower terms: malamute, malemute, Alaskan malamute, Siberian husky

History

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Alutor: яваг'ытг'ын (javaʕətʕən) — dog
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雪橇犬 (xuěqiāoquǎn) — dog
  • Dutch: sledehond — dog
  • Finnish: rekikoira — dog
  • Finnish: vetokoira — dog
  • French: chien de traîneau — dog
  • German: Schlittenhund — dog
  • Hungarian: szánhúzó kutya — dog
  • Italian: cane da slitta — dog
  • Japanese: 橇犬 (sori inu) — dog
  • Korean: 썰매개 (sseolmaegae) — dog
  • Korean: 썰매견 (sseolmaegyeon) — dog
  • Polish: pies zaprzęgowy — dog
  • Russian: ездова́я соба́ка (jezdovája sobáka) — dog
  • Turkish: kızak köpeği — dog