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ox·bow O0204800 (ŏks′bō′)n.1. A U-shaped piece of wood that fits under and around the neck of an ox, with its upper ends attached to the bar of the yoke.2. a. A U-shaped bend in a river.b. The land within such a bend of a river. ox′bow′ adj.oxbow (ˈɒksˌbəʊ) n1. (Agriculture) a U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of a harnessed ox and attached to the yoke2. (Physical Geography) Also called: oxbow lake or cutoff a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meanderox•bow (ˈɒksˌboʊ) n. 1. a U-shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke. 2. a. a bow-shaped bend in a river, or the land embraced by it. b. Also called ox′bow lake′. a bow-shaped lake formed in a former channel of a river. adj. 3. having a compound curve with a concave section between two convex ones. [1325–75] ox·bow (ŏks′bō′) A sharp, U-shaped bend in a river. ♦ When a river changes its course and cuts through the strip of land in the middle of an oxbow, the water that remains in the former oxbow loop is called an oxbow lake.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | oxbow - the land inside an oxbow bend in a riverdry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" | | 2. | oxbow - a U-shaped curve in a streammeander - a bend or curve, as in a stream or river | | 3. | oxbow - 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 oxframework - a structure supporting or containing something | TranslationsOxbow
oxbow[′äks‚bō] (geology) The abandoned, horseshoe-shaped channel of a former stream meander after the stream formed a neck cutoff. Also known as abandoned channel. (hydrology) A closely looping, U-shaped stream meander whose curvature is so extreme that only a neck of land remains between the two parts of the stream. Also known as horseshoe bend. oxbow lake Oxbow a section of a river channel fully or partially separated from the river. Oxbows occur as a result of changes in the channel, for example, when the river cuts through a meander neck or when shoals block a branch of the river. Oxbows are floodplain lakes, usually overgrown, which are flooded or connected with the river when the water level is high. MedicalSeecutoffoxbow
Words related to oxbownoun the land inside an oxbow bend in a riverRelated Words- dry land
- ground
- solid ground
- terra firma
- earth
- land
noun a U-shaped curve in a streamRelated Wordsnoun a wooden framework bent in the shape of a URelated Words |