name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
2. 2
   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 wordnet
3. 3
   A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.
4. 4
   a U-shaped curve in a stream wordnet
5. 5
   the land inside an oxbow bend in a river wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A town in North Dakota.
2. 2
   A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Synonyms

All synonyms

archedbandybendbowconcaveconvex

Etymology

From ox + bow.

Related phrases

oxbow lakeoxbow stirrupnorth dakota

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