Associations to the word «Oxbow»
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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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