Definitions for oxtail

oxtail ox·tail

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IPA: /ˈɒksˌteɪl/

Oxtail is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in oxtail (ailotx).

Definitions for oxtail

noun

  1. the skinned tail of an ox or steer, used as an ingredient in soup, stew, etc.

Origin of oxtail

First recorded in 1675-85; ox + tail1

Examples for oxtail

It is an oxtail stew, canned of course, but smells appetizing.

It may be baked in an earthen jar, like the oxtail stew, and all its goodness will be saved.

An oxtail soup is made like the above, only adding the tail, which is divided into joints, which are fried brown.

There was oxtail soup, and blood pudding, and cakes of suet, and stacks of tallow candles.

Put in sauce pan four ounces of butter, melt, add the oxtail, and roast until colored.

Opening this work with intense curiosity, to my great disappointment, what did I see,—a receipt for oxtail Soup!

Word Value for oxtail
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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