| 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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| 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. |