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cow's moo

cow's moo

1 1.0
A low, long sound a cow makes
  • noun
  • /kaʊz mu/
: 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
22 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
5 4.6
call
113 1.0
cow's moo
1 1.0
murmur
30 4.1
whisper
126 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.