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Is ox a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ox is a Scrabble US word. The word ox is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is ox a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ox is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

O1X8

Is ox a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ox is a Words With Friends word. The word ox is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Definitions and meaning of ox

ox

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑks/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒks/
  • Rhymes: -ɒks

Etymology 1

From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.

Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उक्षन् (ukṣán).

Noun

ox (plural oxen or (nonstandard) oxes)

  1. An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden.
  2. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
    • 1934, commentary on the Qur'an (Sura 39 verse 6) by Abdullah Yusuf Ali:
      Here the same four kinds are mentioned ... These are sheep, goats, camels and oxen.
Synonyms
  • (castrated male of cattle): bullock, steer
Derived terms
Related terms
  • aurochs (from *ūrô (“aurochs”) + *uhsô (“ox”))
Descendants
  • → Abenaki: aksen (via "oxen")
  • → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: akson (via "oxen")
  • → Unami: aksën (via "oxen")
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of oxygen.

Alternative forms

  • O, O., OX, Ox., Ox, ox., OXY, Oxy, oxy, oxy.

Noun

ox (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of oxygen.
Coordinate terms
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Anagrams

  • XO, xo

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸 (q̊¹ /⁠oq⁠/, “arrow”), Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), from Proto-Turkic *ok.

Pronunciation

Noun

ox (definite accusative oxu, plural oxlar)

  1. arrow
  2. axis
  3. axle

Declension

Derived terms

  • oxatan
  • oxluq

Further reading

  • “ox” in Obastan.com.

Bonan

Alternative forms

  • ok
  • oke (Gansu)

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ög-. Cognate to Mongolian өгөх (ögöx) and perhaps Khitan 𘲆 (*û).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɵx/

Verb

ox

  1. (Qinghai) to give

Lacandon

Numeral

ox

  1. three

Mam

Numeral

ox

  1. three

Middle English

Noun

ox

  1. Alternative form of oxe

Yucatec Maya

Numeral

ox

  1. Obsolete spelling of óox

Source: wiktionary.org