noun · A2

Pet

PET/pet/

A pet is an animal you keep at home for pleasure: a pet cat, keep a pet, pet food. Farm animals are not usually pets. Pet can be a verb: pet the dog (stroke it). A pet name is a private nickname. Do not use pet for wild animals you only feed in the garden — those are wildlife.

Meaning

An animal that you keep at home for pleasure.

Examples

“They have a cat as a pet.”
“Are you allowed to keep pets in this flat?”
“The children want a rabbit as a pet.”

Good to know

keep / have a pet. pet food. Verb: pet the dog = stroke it.

New