Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oxfam

/ˈɒksfæm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: ox-fam
IPA: /ˈɒksfæm/

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A United Kingdom-based charity focused on alleviating global poverty and operating a chain of charity shops.

Example Sentences

"[E]xquisitely torn jeans adorned the 'Hard Times' cover of The Face, while the long macs and second-hand suits of the 'Oxfam brigade', with their doomy Joy Division rock and George Orwell haircuts, made a suitable fanfare for the advent of the dreaded 1984. In one sense Oxfam chic was a lament for the passing of the old working-class certainties […]"
"In the town center of the village I live in, there is an Oxfam shop, a Salvation Army shop, a Heart Disease UK shop, and a Cancer Research shop. They sell the usual thrift store stuff of used clothes and books."

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of Oxford Committee for Famine Relief: originally the telegraphic address of the organisation.

Questions

How do you pronounce oxfam?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒksfæm/.
What does oxfam mean?: A United Kingdom-based charity focused on alleviating global poverty and operating a chain of charity shops.
Where does oxfam come from?: Syllabic abbreviation of Oxford Committee for Famine Relief: originally the telegraphic address of the organisation.

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