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ox⋅bow

  [oks-boh]
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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.
2. 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, bow 2
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ox·bow   (ŏks'bō')   
n.  

  1. 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   (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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