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Oxford

name
/ˈɒksfəd/UK/ˈɑksfɚd/CA

Etymology

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox + ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

  1. inherited from Oxnaford — “Oxford”
  2. inherited from Oxenford

Definitions

  1. A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.

    • Earlier this month a technical glitch involving LTN data resulted in dozens of roads in Oxford incorrectly appearing as closed on satellite navigation devices.

  2. Ellipsis of University of Oxford.

  3. An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.

  4. ›+ 14 more definitions

    1. Other places in England

      Other places in England:

    2. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

      • Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama.

    3. A settlement on Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.

    4. A place in Canada

      A place in Canada:

    5. A town in Waimakariri district, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    6. A rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.

    7. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.

    8. A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.

    9. Ellipsis of Oxford scholar.

    10. A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English…

      A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary.

    11. Ellipsis of Oxford shirt.

      • […] slid his pants off, revealing glimpses of red cotton bikinis covered by the tail of his white oxford.

    12. Ellipsis of Oxford marmalade.

    13. Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (cloth)

      • The other evening I was doing a very grown-up thing, ironing an oxford cloth shirt for work[…].

    14. Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (shoe)

The neighborhood

Derived

saddle oxford

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Oxford. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at oxford. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at oxford

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA