SLEDGE DOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sledge dog mean? 

• SLEDGE DOG (noun)
  The noun SLEDGE DOG has 1 sense:

1. a dog trained to draw a sled usually in a team

  Familiarity information: SLEDGE DOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLEDGE DOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dog trained to draw a sled usually in a team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sled dog; sledge dog

Hypernyms ("sledge dog" is a kind of...):

working dog (any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sledge dog"):

Alaskan malamute; malamute; malemute (breed of sled dog developed in Alaska)

Siberian husky (breed of sled dog developed in northeastern Siberia; they resemble the larger Alaskan malamutes)