oxford

Speech parts

1. oxford - Noun

2. oxford - Adjective

3. Oxford - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to the city or university of Oxford, England.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

oxonian Oxford University london brogan Cambridge boot shoe footwear Oxbridge galosh Eton Longman Oxfordshire London-based oxon
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Hypernyms

shoe

Hyponyms

saddle shoe saddle oxford

Phrases with the word

Oxford glasses Oxford University Press Oxford Student Oxford academic Oxford tutor Oxford fellow

Examples

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring. Robertson Davies

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. Max Beerbohm

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera. William Butler Yeats

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything. Samuel Butler (novelist)

The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up. Evelyn Waugh

So, then, Oxford Street, stonyhearted stepmother, thou that listenest to the sighs of orphans, and drinkest the tears of children, at length I was dismissed from thee. Thomas De Quincey

Close letter words and terms

oxfenicine oxflesh oxfly Oxford blue Oxford Clay Oxford comma