A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.
Used in a Sentence
oxbow
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for oxbow.
Editorial note
Shallow masses of water diverted overland is crucial to sediment distribution and the formation of oxbow lakes.
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of oxbow gathered in one view.
A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
A town in North Dakota.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for oxbow.
noun
A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.
noun
A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke.
noun
A town in North Dakota.
noun
A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Example sentences
Shallow masses of water diverted overland is crucial to sediment distribution and the formation of oxbow lakes.
It makes more sense if you understand the old/new river formation and how they create one another (and oxbow lakes).
What they don't tell you is his firm only did 60k worth of business with oxbow (<0.8% of their revenue).
That is very similar to how an oxbow lake forms, except accelerated by human action.
I even finally managed to make an oxbow lake - a result underappreciated by my four year old.
Why does every school need to figure out sourcing their own worksheets for teaching kids about oxbow lakes or copper sulphate or whatever?
My only real memory of Geography classes is how oxbow lakes are formed.
You're digging a ditch across an oxbow, and halfway doesn't help anybody.
I saw one at least 100 feet long on an oxbow of a river when I was paddling as a teenager.
Like the world's worst case of an oxbow lake I suppose?
As it industrialized the last places farming was economically viable were the most fertile land which is going to be the floodplain and the river's former oxbow and resulting swamp.
If immortality were an available option, I'd expect to see Sumerian hedge funds still trading; at some point any particular coarse-grained institution winds up stuck in an oxbow lake?
Quote examples
People would say Ben Klein, a bundler, represented "oxbow" an oil company, therefor hillary gets money from oil.
For a laugh I used to read the local paper which published a log of police calls, they were along the lines of "A dead racoon was reported on Oxbow Rd.
With that in mind, will we see less 90 degree turns on circuit boards in order to ensure the smooth flow of electrons, even though we cant yet detect any Oxbow (Resacas) "lakes" in circuit boards due to the rather rigid nature of circuit board design & materials.
Proper noun examples
Oxbow seems very interesting, I presume it's designed to forward data that trickles into some S3 bucket as parquet data?
Oxbow lakes are old bends in the river that straightened themselves out.
Other noteworthy Albini-engineered bands for me: Oxbow, Low, Whitehouse, Labradford, Burning Witch, Godspeed's U.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use oxbow in a sentence?
Shallow masses of water diverted overland is crucial to sediment distribution and the formation of oxbow lakes.
What does oxbow mean?
A meander in a river; the land enclosed by such a loop.
What part of speech is oxbow?
oxbow is commonly used as noun.