Oxen vs. Ox

By Jaxson

  • Ox

    An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals easier to control. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.

    Oxen are used for plowing, for transport (pulling carts, hauling wagons and even riding), for threshing grain by trampling, and for powering machines that grind grain or supply irrigation among other purposes. Oxen may be also used to skid logs in forests, particularly in low-impact, select-cut logging.

    Oxen are usually yoked in pairs. Light work such as carting household items on good roads might require just one pair, while for heavier work, further pairs would be added as necessary. A team used for a heavy load over difficult ground might exceed nine or ten pairs.

Wikipedia
  • Oxen (noun)

    plural of ox

  • Oxen (adjective)

    Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike

  • Ox (noun)

    An B. taurus).

  • Ox (noun)

    Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.

Wiktionary
  • Ox (noun)

    a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull

    “he was tall and broad and as strong as an ox”

  • Ox (noun)

    a castrated bull used as a draught animal

    “an ox cart”

  • Ox (noun)

    used in names of wild animals related to or resembling a domesticated ox, e.g. musk ox.

Oxford Dictionary

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