oxbow lake

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A crescent-shaped lake formed near a flat-valleyed river when one of its meanders becomes pinched off and isolated.

Equivalents

Españolbrazo muerto lago en herradura

Françaisbras mort

DeutschAltarm Altwasser

15 more languages

Bosanskiстарица

Catalàbraç mort

Cymraegystumllyn

Suomijuolua makkarajärvi

Hrvatskiстарица

Italianolanca

日本語三日月湖

한국어우각호

Lietuviųsenvagė

Nederlandshoefijzermeer

Polskistarorzecze

Portuguêsbraço morto

Românăbelciug

Русскийстарица

Српскистарица

Examples

“Humans called this an oxbow lake—one that had originally been part of the river.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Oxbridge Oxbridger Oxbridgian oxcarbazepine Oxcart oxdralazine

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