oxbow lake
oxbow lake noun: a crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.
Noun
oxbow lake (plural oxbow lakes)
- A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.
- Near-synonym: billabong (Australia)
- Humans called this an oxbow lake—one that had originally been part of the river.1988, Octavia E. Butler, “Part II, Chapter 1”, in Adulthood Rites, page 69
- Synonyms:
- billabong
oxbow lake meaning in Tamil and Bengali
oxbow lake in Tamil
- இலாட அமைப்பு ஏரி, குளம்புக் குட்டை
oxbow lake in Bengali
- oxbow lake
- বাঁওড় bãōṛ
Synonyms of oxbow lake
Forms of oxbow lake
| plural | oxbow lakes |
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Questions about oxbow lake
- What does oxbow lake mean?
- Oxbow lake means a crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.
- What is oxbow lake in Tamil?
- Oxbow lake in Tamil is இலாட அமைப்பு ஏரி, குளம்புக் குட்டை. See Oxbow lake meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oxbow lake?
- Oxbow lake is a noun.
- What is the plural of oxbow lake?
- The plural of oxbow lake is oxbow lakes.
Words near oxbow lake in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oxbow lake (page history and authors); oxbow lake (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাঁওড় (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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