Oxon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Postal abbreviation for Oxfordshire.
name
  1. University of Oxford, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
noun
  1. Any organic compound derived from another in which a phosphorus-sulfur bond in the parent has been replaced by a phosphorus-oxygen bond in the derivative.

Word forms

Oxon Oxon. oxons

Etymology

From Latin Oxonia (“Oxfordshire”).

Synonyms

Oxf

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Derived words

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