OXBOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxbow mean? 

• OXBOW (noun)
  The noun OXBOW has 3 senses:

1. the land inside an oxbow bend in a river

2. a U-shaped curve in a stream

3. a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox

  Familiarity information: OXBOW used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXBOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The land inside an oxbow bend in a river

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("oxbow" is a kind of...):

dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A U-shaped curve in a stream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("oxbow" is a kind of...):

meander (a bend or curve, as in a stream or river)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oxbow" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)