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ox

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noun

plural oxen ˈäk-sən How to pronounce ox (audio) also ox
1
: a domestic bovine mammal (Bos taurus)
broadly : a bovine mammal
a team of oxen
2
: an adult castrated male domestic ox

ox-

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combining form

variants or oxo-
: oxygen
oxacillin

Example Sentences

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Noun
The visit takes a bizarre turn when Amat starts having visions of a massive blood-red ox in the house. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Aug. 2022 Predictably, these provisions generated conflicting responses depending on whose ox was being gored. David Blackmon, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Sekkyakushi’s painting of a boy on a water buffalo alludes to the 10 stages of ox herding, an allegory used to teach students about taming an unruly mind. Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022 An 18-foot-tall statue of the legendary lumberjack and another of his blue ox, Babe, have been standing near the lake—and attracting kitsch-loving photo takers—for 85 years. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2022 Don't just watch your fellow Israelite's donkey or ox fall down in the road and do nothing about it. Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 June 2022 The cucumber stands in for the ox, which stands in for the human: a life for a life for a life. New York Times, 11 May 2022 As usual, parties, fetes and ox roasts were held across the country. Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country, 15 May 2022 The panels show a variety of scenes — a scholar at his desk with an attendant bringing tea, a child riding an ox, a farmer tying together a sheaf of wheat. Michelle Terris, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English oxa; akin to Old High German ohso ox, Sanskrit ukṣā bull, and perhaps to Sanskrit ukṣati he moistens, Greek hygros wet — more at humor entry 1

Combining form

French, from oxygène

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ox was before the 12th century

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