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–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.

Physical Geography, Geology.

a.	a bow-shaped bend in a river, or the land embraced by it.

b.	Also called oxbow lake. a bow-shaped lake formed in a former channel of a river.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME; see ox, bow²

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ox·bow Audio Help (ŏks'bō') Pronunciation Key
n.

A U-shaped piece of wood that fits under and around the neck of an ox, with its upper ends attached to the bar of the yoke.
1. A U-shaped bend in a river.
2. The land within such a bend of a river.

ox'bow' adj.

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oxbow
noun
1.	the land inside an oxbow bend in a river
2.	a U-shaped curve in a stream
3.	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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oxbow Audio Help (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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Oxbow, ME Zip code(s): 04764

Oxbow, ND (city, FIPS 60480) Location: 46.67066 N, 96.80160 W
Population (1990): 100 (40 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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