Associations to the word «Oxbow»
Noun
- Bend
- Oxford
- Lake
- Mississippi
- Archaeology
- River
- Dam
- Stake
- Creek
- Channel
- Connecticut
- Slough
- Landscape
- Northampton
- Flow
- Wetland
- Monograph
- Swamp
- Bayou
- Bank
- Park
- Silt
- Horseshoe
- Inlet
- Stirrup
- Orb
- Bruin
- Myrtle
- Belmont
- Pond
- Water
- Horton
- Held
- Tributary
- Race
- Mangrove
- Cole
- Idaho
- Saskatchewan
- Malice
- Wildlife
- Marsh
- Refuge
- Stevens
- Stream
- Meadow
- Jockey
- Massachusetts
- Derby
- Arkansas
- Habitat
- Prairie
- Sediment
- Clement
- Oregon
- Vegetation
- Canyon
- Canal
- Newman
- Loop
- Preserve
- Fork
- Remnant
- Fishing
- Flood
- Kentucky
- Mount
- Book
- Delta
- Flat
- Valley
- Forest
- Cut
- Plantation
- Carter
Adjective
Wiktionary
OXBOW, noun. A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts fastened to its yoke
OXBOW, noun. A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop
OXBOW, proper noun. A town in North Dakota.
OXBOW, proper noun. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
OXBOW LAKE, noun. A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.
OXBOW LAKES, noun. Plural of oxbow lake
Dictionary definition
OXBOW, noun. The land inside an oxbow bend in a river.
OXBOW, noun. A U-shaped curve in a stream.
OXBOW, noun. 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.
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