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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. the land inside an oxbow bend in a river Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. a U-shaped curve in a stream Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. 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 Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, andembracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passingthrough the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in ariver. Source: adambom
  7. 7. n:100 n. the land inside an oxbow bend in a river n. a U-shaped curve in a stream n. 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 Source: ecdict

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