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colt

US

/koʊlt/

UK

/kəʊlt/

Meaning

A young, uncastrated male horse, usually under four years old.

कम उम्र का ऐसा नर घोड़ा जिसकी नसबंदी न हुई हो; आम तौर पर चार साल से कम उम्र का।

Examples

“The colt stayed close to its mother in the pasture.”

animal descriptionin the pasture

“They bought a chestnut colt and began training it gently.”

buy a coltbegin training

“His coltish energy made it hard for him to stand still.”

coltish energyinformal description

Useful patterns

a coltraise or train a colta colt of a particular colora colt and a filly

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Word family

coltish(adjective)

Common collocations

a bay colta chestnut colta yearling coltraise a colttrain a colta spirited colt

Common mistakes

Not natural: They bought colt yesterday.

Better: They bought a colt yesterday.

Colt is a singular countable noun, so it usually needs an article such as “a.”

Colt एकवचन countable noun है, इसलिए इसके पहले आम तौर पर “a” लगाना ज़रूरी है।

Not natural: The filly is a young male horse.

Better: The colt is a young male horse.

A filly is a young female horse; a colt is a young male horse.

Filly कम उम्र की मादा घोड़ी होती है, जबकि colt कम उम्र का नर घोड़ा होता है।

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Synonyms

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male foalyoung male horse
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Antonyms

Words with contrasting meaning

filly

Learner tip

Use colt for a young male horse; the corresponding word for a young female horse is filly.

कम उम्र के नर घोड़े के लिए colt और कम उम्र की मादा घोड़ी के लिए filly इस्तेमाल करें।

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What does “colt” usually mean?

“Colt” का आम तौर पर क्या मतलब होता है?