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oxtail

oxtail noun: the tail of an ox or cow.

oxtail: the tail of an ox or cow
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Noun

oxtail (plural oxtails)

  1. The tail of an ox or cow.
  2. A cut of meat taken from the tail of a cow or calf; it requires long, slow braising, and is used to prepare oxtail soup.

oxtail meaning in Urdu, Indonesian and Vietnamese

oxtail in Urdu

گاؤ دم

oxtail in Indonesian

meat from the tail of a cow
ekor sapi

oxtail in Vietnamese

meat from the tail of a cow
đuôi bò

Forms of oxtail

pluraloxtails

Origin of oxtail

From Middle English ox tayll, from Old English oxan tæġl (literally “ox's tail”), equivalent to ox + tail.

Questions about oxtail

What does oxtail mean?
Oxtail means the tail of an ox or cow.
What is oxtail in Urdu?
Oxtail in Urdu is گاؤ دم. See Oxtail meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is oxtail?
Oxtail is a noun.
What is the plural of oxtail?
The plural of oxtail is oxtails.

Words near oxtail in the dictionary

  1. oxskin
  2. oxskins
  3. oxslip
  4. oxslips
  5. Oxspring
  6. oxtail
  7. oxtails
  8. oxteam
  9. oxteams
  10. Oxted
  11. oxter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oxtail (page history and authors); oxtail (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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