Home › Words › H › housebreakhousebreak/ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/housebreak means synonym of housebreaking.housebreak is pronounced /ˈhaʊs.bɹeɪk/.EtymologyFrom house + break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.nounSynonym of housebreaking.verbTo train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.To break into a house, typically to burgle it.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).