work animal

1. 1.

   an animal trained for and used for heavy labor

   Broaderanimal

   Narrowerbeast of burdendraft animal

Questions about work animal

What does work animal mean?

work animal means "an animal trained for and used for heavy labor".

Is work animal a common word?

work animal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.