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oxford
/ˈɑksfɚd/
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What does oxford mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (cloth)
- Alternative letter-case form of Oxford (shoe)
- A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
More meanings (40)
noun
- A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.
- A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary.
- Ellipsis of Oxford shirt.
- Ellipsis of Oxford marmalade.
- (archaic) Ellipsis of Oxford scholar.
proper noun
- A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.
- Ellipsis of University of Oxford.
- An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.
- A hamlet in Ancroft parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0046).
- An outer suburb of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8753).
- A city in Calhoun County, Talladega County and Cleburne County, Alabama.
- A minor city in Izard County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in La Plata County, Colorado.
- A town in New Haven County, Connecticut; named for the city in England.
- An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Florida.
- A city in Newton County, Georgia; named for the university.
- A former city in Franklin County, Idaho, disincorporated in 2024.
- A town in Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana.
- A minor city and township in Johnson County, Iowa; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.
- A city in Sumner County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Scott County, Kentucky.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Oxford County, Maine; named for the city in England.
- A town in Talbot County, Maryland.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A township and village therein, in Oakland County, Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for the city in England.
- A village in Furnas County and Harlan County, Nebraska.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.
- A town and village therein, in Chenango County, New York; named for the town in Massachusetts.
- A town, the county seat of Granville County, North Carolina.
- A city in Butler County, Ohio.
- A borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia.
- A town and village therein, in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships, listed under Oxford Township.
- A settlement on Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
- A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
- A town in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.
- A town in Waimakariri district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A rural locality in Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɑksfɚd/
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See this word in context.
Clerval did not like it so well as Oxford, for the antiquity of the latter city was more pleasing to him.
But Venice, like Oxford, had kept the background for romance, and, to the true romantic, background was everything, or almost everything.
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I have heard the chimes of Oxford playing their symphony in a golden autumn morning, and beautiful it was to hear.
It used to amuse him to think of Burton, the lonely Oxford scholar, writing that vast book to "rectify" his own melancholy.
John was sent up to Oxford accordingly, where, by his brother’s influence and his own application, he succeeded in obtaining a fellowship.