Definitions for oxɒks

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ox^*ɒks(n.)(pl.)ox•en; ox•es

any of various large, bulky bovids, as domestic cattle, water buffaloes, and yaks, esp. a castrated adult male used as a draft animal.
Category: Animal Husbandry
Informal. a clumsy, stupid fellow.
Category: Informal

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Origin of ox:

bef. 900; ME oxe, OE oxa; c. OHG ohso (G Ochse), ON uxi, oxi

ox′like`(adj.)

ox-

var. of
oxalate.
Category: Chemistry, Affix
Ref: oxy -2 2

Princeton's WordNet

ox(noun)
an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
ox, wild ox(noun)
any of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibos

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

ox(noun)ɒks
a farm animal like a large cow, used to pull things

Wiktionary

ox(Noun)
Any bovine animal used as a beast of burden or for food, especially an adult castrated male of the domestic species.

Origin: oxa, from uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from ukʷsḗn (compare Welsh ych 'ox', Tocharian A/B ops/okso 'draft-ox', Avestan uxšan 'bull', Sanskrit ukṣán).