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ox

Syllabification: (ox)
Pronunciation: /äks/

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Definition of ox

noun (plural oxen /ˈäksən/)

  • a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull. See cattle (sense 1).
  • a castrated male of this, formerly much used as a draft animal: [as modifier]:an ox cart
  • an animal of a group related to the domestic ox. See cattle (sense 2).

Origin:

Old English oxa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch os and German Ochse, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit ukṣán 'bull'

The plural of ox is oxen. It does not follow the usual rule that plurals of words ending in -x are made by adding -es.

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