Usually means: Large draft horse, strong build.
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  1. shire horse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shire horse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Shire horse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shire horse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shire horse: Vocabulary.com
  6. Shire horse: Wordnik
  7. shire horse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. shire horse: Wiktionary
  9. shire horse: Dictionary.com
  10. Shire horse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. shire horse: Rhymezone
  12. shire horse: FreeDictionary.org
  13. shire horse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Shire horse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shire horse: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shire horse)

▸ noun:  A draught horse of a tall British breed, usually bay, black, or grey.

Similar:
shire, draught horse, draft horse, workhorse, quarter horse, Hackney, cockhorse, Clydesdale, horse, work horse, more...

Opposite:
pony, mare, stallion, gelding

Types:
Clydesdale, Percheron, Belgian, more...

Adjectives:
pony, hackney, ass, juvenile, equine, jade, entire, calabrese, bayard, horsy, goey

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Similar:
shire, draught horse, draft horse, workhorse, quarter horse, Hackney, cockhorse, Clydesdale, horse, work horse, more...

Opposite:
pony, mare, stallion, gelding

Types:
Clydesdale, Percheron, Belgian, more...

Adjectives:
pony, hackney, ass, juvenile, equine, jade, entire, calabrese, bayard, horsy, goey



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