ox
noun/ɒks/
/ɑːks/
(plural oxen
/ˈɒksn/
/ˈɑːksn/
)- a bull (= a male cow) that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed), used, especially in the past, for pulling farm equipment, etc. compare bullock, steerTopics Animalsc1
- (old-fashioned) any cow or bull on a farm see also cattleTopics Animalsc1
Word OriginOld English oxa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch os and German Ochse, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit ukṣán ‘bull’.
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