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oxtail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables
ox-tail
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tail of an ox or cow.

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ox tayll, oxan tæġl

Inflected Forms

oxtails (plural)

Questions

What does oxtail mean?
The tail of an ox or cow.
Where does oxtail come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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