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oxbow
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oxbow has 3 senses
- oxbow(n = noun.object) - the land inside an oxbow bend in a river; is a kind of dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma
- oxbow(n = noun.object) - a U-shaped curve in a stream; is a kind of meander
- oxbow(n = noun.artifact) - a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox; is a kind of framework
CIDE DICTIONARY
oxbow, n.
A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U , and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oxbow, n.
1 a U-shaped collar of an ox-yoke.
2 a a loop formed by a horseshoe bend in a river. b a lake formed when the river cuts across the narrow end of the loop.
1 a U-shaped collar of an ox-yoke.
2 a a loop formed by a horseshoe bend in a river. b a lake formed when the river cuts across the narrow end of the loop.
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