cox

1. 1.

   act as the coxswain, in a boat race

   Broaderbe

Other forms of cox

plural

coxes·

past tense

coxed·

present participle

coxing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cox

What does cox mean?

cox means "either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cox?

cox has 1 syllable: cox. In IPA it is /ˈkɑks/.

What is another word for cox?

Close synonyms include cyclooxygenase, coxswain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cox a common word?

cox is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.