ox

Other forms of ox

plural

oxen

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 ox

What does ox mean?

ox means "an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ox?

ox has 1 syllable: ox. In IPA it is /ˈɑks/.

What is another word for ox?

Close synonyms include wild ox. 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 ox a common word?

ox 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.

What rhymes with ox?

1 word rhymes with ox. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.