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oxhide

oxhide noun: the skin (hide) of an ox.

Noun

oxhide (countable and uncountable, plural oxhides)

  1. The skin (hide) of an ox.
  2. Leather made from the hide of an ox.
    • There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked

Forms of oxhide

pluraloxhides

Origin of oxhide

From ox + hide.

Words formed from oxhide

Phrases with oxhide

Questions about oxhide

What does oxhide mean?
Oxhide means the skin (hide) of an ox.
What part of speech is oxhide?
Oxhide is a noun.
What is the plural of oxhide?
The plural of oxhide is oxhides.

Words near oxhide in the dictionary

  1. oxheart
  2. oxhearts
  3. oxherd
  4. oxherds
  5. Oxhey
  6. oxhide
  7. oxhide ingot
  8. oxhide ingots
  9. oxhides
  10. oxhind
  11. oxhinds

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