housebreak

English edit

From house +‎ break, back-formed from housebroken in the animal-training sense.

IPA^(key): /haʊs.bɹeɪk/

housebreak (third-person singular simple present housebreaks, present participle housebreaking, simple past housebroke, past participle housebroken)

(transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
(intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.

train an animal to avoid urinating in the house