Oxford Definition

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oxfords
noun
Oxford is a city located in the central southern part of England where there's a university located there by the same name.
An example of Oxford is the university from which Tony Blair graduated.
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A type of low shoe laced over the instep.
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A cotton or rayon fabric with a basketlike weave, used for shirts, etc.
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Oxford is defined as a type of woven fabric.
An example of oxford is the woven blue cotton fabric which is often used in men's dress shirts.
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Origin of Oxford

  • After Oxford England

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Oxford Sentence Examples

  • The broad Oxford road forms its picturesque main street.

  • William Gifford Palgrave (1826-1888) went to India as a soldier after a brilliant career at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Oxford; but, having become a Roman Catholic, he was ordained priest and served as a Jesuit missionary in India, Syria, and Arabia.

  • At Greenwich, Oxford and several other observatories, instead of measuring the distances of the star's image from the opposite sides of the 5 mm.

  • In May Harley obtained the earldom of Oxford and was made lord treasurer, while in July St John was greatly disappointed at receiving only his viscountcy instead of the earldom lately extinct in his family, and at being passed over for the Garter.

  • Both Oxford 1 and Bolingbroke had maintained for some time secret communications with James, and promised their help in restoring him at the queen's death.

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Words Starting With

OOXOXF

Words Ending With

DRDORD

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Words Starting With O and Ending With D

Starts With O & Ends With DStarts With OX & Ends With DStarts With O & Ends With RD

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With O6 Letter Words Ending With D