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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ox•en (ok′sən),USA pronunciation n. - Animal Husbandrya pl. of ox.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: oxen /ˈɒksən/ n - the plural of ox
ox /ɑks/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. ox•en. - Animal Husbandry
- a large, bulky animal belonging to the same family as domestic cows, water buffaloes, and yaks, esp. an adult male with its sex organs removed, used as a draft animal.
- Informal Termsany of the cattlelike animals of this group.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ox (oks),USA pronunciation n., pl. ox•en for 1, 2, ox•es for 3.- Animal Husbandrythe adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- Animal Husbandryany member of the bovine family.
- Informal Terms a clumsy, stupid fellow.
- bef. 900; Middle English oxe, Old English oxa; cognate with Old Frisian oxa, Old Saxon, Old High German ohso, Old Norse uxi, oxi; akin to Welsh ych
- Chemistrya combining form meaning "containing oxygen'':oxazine.
Ox., - Oxford.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ox /ɒks/ n ( pl oxen /ˈɒksən/)- an adult castrated male of any domesticated species of cattle, esp Bos taurus, used for draught work and meat
- any bovine mammal, esp any of the domestic cattle
Etymology: Old English oxa; related to Old Saxon, Old High German ohso, Old Norse oxi |