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oxford

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"Laced dress shoe"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒksfəd/Part of speech nounSorted dfoorxStarts with OEnds with D1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A low shoe laced over the instep, or a place name in some contexts.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Earlier this month a technical glitch involving LTN data resulted in dozens of roads in Oxford incorrectly appearing as closed on satellite navigation devices.
  • Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama.
  • (historical)

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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