horse race

What does horse race mean?

horse race means "a contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting".

Is horse race a common word?

horse race is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for horse race come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.