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ox⋅bow
[oks-boh] 
–noun
| 1. | a U-shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke. |
| 2. | Physical Geography, Geology.
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| ox·bow (ŏks'bō') n.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Oxbow
Ox"bow`\, 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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| oxbow (ŏks'bō') Pronunciation Key
A sharp, U-shaped bend in a river. The bend is so sharp that only a narrow neck of land is left between the two parts of the river. |
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