Explore Deerhound through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hound. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Deerhound meaning
a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
Synonyms of Deerhound
Using Deerhound
- The main meaning on this page is: a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
- Useful related words include: scottish deerhound, hound, hound dog.
- In the example corpus, deerhound often appears in combinations such as: the deerhound.
Context around Deerhound
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deerhound
- In this selection, "deerhound" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, needs and lufra stand out and add context to how "deerhound" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the deerhound needs considerable and to the deerhound lufra and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deerhound" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deerhound
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Deerhound needs considerable exercise when young to develop properly and to maintain its health and condition. (17 words)
The famous English Mastiff Garnier's Lion was bred to the Deerhound Lufra, and their offspring Marquis enters Wolfhound pedigrees through his granddaughter Young Donagh. (25 words)
The famous English Mastiff Garnier's Lion was bred to the Deerhound Lufra, and their offspring Marquis enters Wolfhound pedigrees through his granddaughter Young Donagh. (25 words)
The Deerhound needs considerable exercise when young to develop properly and to maintain its health and condition. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
The Deerhound needs considerable exercise when young to develop properly and to maintain its health and condition.
The famous English Mastiff Garnier's Lion was bred to the Deerhound Lufra, and their offspring Marquis enters Wolfhound pedigrees through his granddaughter Young Donagh.
Common combinations with deerhound
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: