oxbow

oxbow is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.
2. noun. 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 ox
3. noun. a U-shaped curve in a stream
4. noun. the land inside an oxbow bend in a river

Common word forms

oxbows

Words from these letters

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