单词	oxbow
释义	oxbow noun ox·​bow ˈäks-ˌbō  1 : a U-shaped frame forming a collar about an ox's neck and holding the yoke in place 2 : something (such as a bend in a river) resembling an oxbow oxbow adjective Illustration of oxbow oxbow 1 Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The federal government provided seven kegs of black powder to local farmers who blew up the entrance of a river oxbow that had been developing for 70 years. Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022 The oxbow formed 4,000 acres of weeds and trees, according to a state proclamation honoring the area's 100-year anniversary. Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022 The river, including Lake Ferguson, which had formed between the Mississippi and the rebuilt town of Greenville when the Corps cut off an oxbow from the main channel in the 1930s. W. Hodding Carter, Outside Online, 29 June 2011 Just past the Butler campus, nestled in a triangular piece of land between an oxbow of the White River and the central canal, the town at first glance appears to be mostly trees. London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2020 An oxbow is a lake that forms when a section of a river is cut off, leaving a separate body of water. Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 26 June 2020 Near an oxbow in the creek beneath us, a herd of buffalo graze. National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2020 Looping tracts of bare red clay traced the oxbows of the Madre de Dios, sucked dry to wash gold. Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Mitchell said alligators have been known to lurk in a nearby oxbow. Joe Holley, Houston Chronicle, 29 June 2018 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition oxbow noun ox·​bow ˈäks-ˌbō  : a bend in a river in the shape of a U
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