oxbow lake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.

Pronunciation

En-us-oxbow lake.oga

Word forms

oxbow lake oxbow lakes

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