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Definition: Oxtail |
OxtailNoun1. The skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Oxtail" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Oxtail" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "oxtail": oxtail soup. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
oxtail | 40 |
oxtail recipe | 26 |
oxtail soup | 20 |
oxtail stew | 13 |
oxtail recipe soup | 10 |
jamaican oxtail recipe | 5 |
oxtail recipe stew | 4 |
jamaican oxtail | 3 |
caribbean oxtail recipe | 2 |
jamaican oxtail stew | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "oxtail"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bisht kau. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | говежда опашка, волска опашка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 牛尾. (various references) | |
Czech | hovìzí oháòka. (various references) | |
Finnish | häränhäntäliemi, häränhäntä. (various references) | |
German | Ochsenschwanz. (various references) | |
Greek | ουρά βοόσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | ökörfark. (various references) | |
Italian | coda di bue. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | オクタン価 (enthusiast, fantasy object for masturbation, geek, honor, love affair with colleague, masturbation, nerd, Occam, ocean space explorer, Oceania, octane value, octet, odometer, of course, off, off the record, offence, offense, offer, office, office automation, office computer, office girl, office lady, office wife, officer, official, official handicap, official record, off-season, offshore, offshore center, offshore fund, off-side, Ohio, Oklahoma, okra, OL, onanism, onion, onomatopoeia, onyx, opal, opinion, opinion leader, orchestra, Oscar, oscillograph, oscilloscope, Oslo, osmium, OSPER, ostracism, ostrich, ostrich policy, Othello, Ottawa, Oxford, ozone, ozone hole, respectable person). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | オックステール . (various references) | |
Manx | famman dow, arbyl dow. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oxtailay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rabo de boi, rabo bovino, rabada (rump). (various references) | |
Russian | воловий хвост. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | volovski rep, goveđi rep. (various references) | |
Spanish | sopa de cola de buey (oxtail soup). (various references) | |
Swedish | oxsvans. (various references) | |
Thai | เนื้อส่วนหางวัวใช้ทำซุป. (various references) | |
Turkish | öküz kuyruğu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | воловий хвіст, бичачий хвіст. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "oxtail": oxtails. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "oxtail": foxtail. (additional references) | |
Words containing "oxtail": foxtails. (additional references) | |
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"Oxtail" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: oftahis, Orteil, Orteuil, ostial, Otai, Ottewill, ottilia, Oxaal, Oxaid, oxal, oxate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-o-t-x" | |
-2 letters: alit, alto, axil, iota, lati, lota, loti, tail, tali, taxi, toil, tola. | |
-3 letters: ail, ait, alt, lat, lax, lit, lot, lox, oat, oil, tao, tax, til. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, at, ax, it, la, li, lo, ox, ta, ti, to, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-o-t-x" | |
+1 letter: foxtail, oxtails, toxical. | |
+2 letters: foxtails, laxation, luxation. | |
+3 letters: aflatoxin, exfoliate, laxations, luxations, oxalating, postaxial, telotaxis. | |
+4 letters: aflatoxins, anxiolytic, exaltation, exfoliated, exfoliates, exhalation, exotically, explicator, exultation, pixilation, quixotical, relaxation. | |
+5 letters: anxiolytics, exaltations, exceptional, exclamation, exculpation, executorial, exfoliating, exfoliation, exfoliative, exhalations, explanation, explication, explicators, explicatory, exploitable, exploration, explorative, exponential, extensional, exultations, hematoxylin, lixiviation, oxidatively, phyllotaxis, phytoalexin, pixilations, proximately, relaxations, subluxation, toxoplasmic, vexatiously. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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