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cow's moo

cow's moo

1.0
A low, long sound a cow makes
  • noun
  • /kaʊz mu/
translation icon : mugido
  • The gentle cow's moo could be heard across the quiet meadow.

Examples

  • The children giggled when they tried to imitate a cow's moo at the petting zoo.

  • I love the sound of a cow's moo in the morning.

  • She woke up to the familiar cow's moo outside her window every morning.

  • Did you hear the cow's moo from the field?

  • The farmer could hear the cow's moo echoing across the fields.

  • A cow's moo can often be heard early in the morning as the cows are called for milking.

  • The sound of a cow's moo is a familiar and comforting sound on the farm.

Synonyms

moo
vscow's moo
28 1.0

A deep low sound that a cow makes

refers specifically to the low drawn-out call of one animal type
lowing
vscow's moo
1 3.6

A deep sound that cows make like a long moo

is the low drawn-out call of one animal type rather than general cattle sounds

How Loud

bellow
20 4.6
call
301 1.0
cow's moo
1.0
murmur
36 4.1
whisper
110 1.0

Surface Forms

cow's moo singular
cows' moos plural

Morphology

cow's + moo

The meaning 'the characteristic sound of a cow' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cow's' (possessive of cow) with 'moo' (the vocal sound made by cattle); the phrase simply denotes the moo belonging to a cow. Possessive + sound constructions are common and follow straightforward compositional patterns across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand this MWE.

Etymology

Cow's moo The noun cow's moo comes from the simple image of a cow making a long, low moo out in a field. That's why it means the characteristic 'sound' a cow makes.