ALL meanings of oxbow lake
ox·bow lake
O o - noun oxbow lake a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke. 1
- noun oxbow lake Physical Geography, Geology. a bow-shaped bend in a river, or the land embraced by it. Also called oxbow lake. a bow-shaped lake formed in a former channel of a river. 1
- noun oxbow lake a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander 0