buffalo
(bʌfəloʊ )
Word forms: buffaloes , buffalo
1. countable noun
A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
2. countable noun
A buffalo is the same as a water buffalo.
3. countable noun
A buffalo is the same as a bison.
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Collocations:
buffalo hide buffalo meat buffalo milk herd of buffalo
At one point he floated his son across a river on a buffalo hide.
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A buffalo hide was wound around his hips.
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They are also carried in buffalo hide pouches specifically made for this purpose.
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The puppets are crafted from buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks.
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Until the late 19th century, winter counts were recorded on buffalo hides.
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The others put their trust in soup, baked potatoes and buffalo meat.
Times, Sunday Times
One team decides to make fruity milkshakes, the other opts for buffalo meat.
The Sun
After all, where was she supposed to buy the academy's staple buffalo meat?
The Sun
The first six stone vanished in weeks as she ditched her normal diet of cheese, biscuits and chocolate for lean buffalo meat burgers.
The Sun
There she had lost 14st 6lbs from her 33st bulk in just nine months after swapping her diet of cheese, biscuits and chocolate for lean buffalo meat and salads.
The Sun
It is now made domestically using malted barley and buffalo milk and has retained its popularity.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But far superior are the creamier, more delicate ones made from buffalo milk.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The penny dropped when she realised that there were no quotas for buffalo milk.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It would take a herd of buffalo to stop me buying another.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
From here you can watch as a herd of buffalo stroll past flocks of pink flamingos.
The Sun (2006)
Translations:
Chinese: 水牛
Japanese: 水牛
- surprising degree
- surprising depth
- surprising discovery
- surprising ease
- surprising finding
- surprising insights
- surprising lack of
- surprisingly
- surprisingly accurate
- surprisingly affordable
- surprisingly agile
- surprisingly comfortable
- surprisingly delicious
- surprisingly easy
- surprisingly effective
- surprisingly lightweight
- surprisingly little
- surprisingly mild
- surprisingly modest
- surprisingly nimble
- surprisingly optimistic
- surprisingly pleasant
- surprisingly quiet
- surprisingly resilient
- surprisingly robust