English Explanatory Dictionary

ox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
  2. Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
noun
  1. Abbreviation of oxygen.
name
  1. A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
  2. The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
  3. A surname.
  4. Clipping of Oxford.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑks/ /ˈɒks/ en-ca-ox.oga

Word forms

ox oxen oxes O O. Ox. OXY oxy.

Etymology

From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).

Synonyms

bullock steer neat

Related words

aurochs gox heliox lox nitrox triox NOx

Derived words

dumb as an ox Durham Ox grey ox grunting ox have the black ox tread on one's foot Indian ox Japanese ox Javan ox know someone from Adam's off ox musk-ox musk ox near ox nox off ox one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen oxback oxbane ox beetle ox bile oxbird ox-biter oxblood oxbow ox bow ox-butt oxcart ox-eye oxeye ox-eyed ox-eye daisy oxflesh oxfly Oxford ox gall oxgall oxgang oxgate oxgoad oxhead oxheart oxherd Oxhey oxhide oxhind oxhorn oxish ox is in the ditch oxkind ox knee oxland oxless oxlike oxling oxpecker ox pith ox ray oxshoe oxskin oxtail oxteam
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