Ox
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English
Noun
Ox (plural oxen)- Any bovine animal used as a beast of burden or for food, especially an adult castrated male of the domestic species.
Derived terms
Thesaurus
Brahman, Gibraltar, Indian buffalo, Siberian husky, ass, aurochs, beast of burden, beef, beef cattle, beeves, bison, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, bossy, botcher, bovine, bovine animal, buffalo, bull, bullock, bumbler, bungler, calf, camel, carabao, cattle, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, cow, critter, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dogie, dolt, draft animal, dromedary, elephant, fumbler, gawk, gowk, heart of oak, heifer, hornless cow, horse, husky, iron, kine, klutz, leppy, lion, llama, looby, lout, lubber, malamute, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, mule, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, nails, neat, oaf, oak, oxen, pack horse, reindeer, rock, sledge dog, slouch, slubberer, steel, steer, stirk, stot, sumpter, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, wisent, yak, yearling, yokel, zebu
Etymology
Old English oxa, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *ukʷsḗn (compare Welsh ych 'ox', Tocharian A/B ops/okso 'draft-ox', Avestan uxšan 'bull', Sanskrit ukṣán).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒks
Translations
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Azeri
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| Cyrillic | ох |
| Roman | ox |
| Perso-Arabic | اوخ |
Noun
Ox (definite accusative Oxu, plural Oxlar)
