quarter horses

noun

plural of quarter horse
as in cow ponies

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  1. mounts
  2. warhorses
Noun
  • Impressively, Fever retained the Dax's single-channel front ABS system by machining custom wheel-speed sensor discs and fabricating mounts for both the ABS module and the factory tip-over sensor.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
  • When workplace friction mounts, human resources schedules mediation.
    — Natalie Grabher, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of mounts
Noun
  • The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
Definition of warhorses
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“Quarter horses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarter%20horses. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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