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oxcart

oxcart

1 8.2
A cart pulled by oxen to carry goods or people
  • noun
  • /ˈɑkˌkɑrt/
translation icon : carreta de bueyes
  • As the festival approached, a colorful oxcart decorated with flowers arrived in the village, bringing supplies for the celebration.

Examples

  • A steady parade of oxcarts wound toward the villages, bearing baskets of smokeless coals and sacks of idol eyes.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • In the fourth century B.C., they built the Via Appia (Appian Way) to the south, along which oxcarts transported good-quality tuff building stones back to Rome.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Took him three weeks to get it over here by oxcart.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Other than the oxcart, nothing can get through that jungle.

  • Sammy Moon was lying sick in an oxcart.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The man who had built the oxcart, a member of the indigenous Lenca group, was about to take food home.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Oxcarts are used when possible, but many of the so-called roads are little more than paths, sandy and difficult to traverse.

    Academic text (2002)
  • He transported the hay to the farm using an oxcart pulled by two strong oxen.

  • The rural community relied on an oxcart to carry goods to the market every Saturday.

Synonyms

cart
vsoxcart
297 1.0

A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things

is mainly a vehicle pulled specifically by oxen for moving goods or people
wagon
vsoxcart
88 1.0

A four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals or a tractor to carry goods

is usually animal pulled and not defined by having four wheels
haycart
vsoxcart
7.0

A farm cart that carries hay, pulled by horses or oxen

is used broadly for goods or people not only for farm hay

How Outdated

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1 8.2
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Surface Forms

oxcart singular
oxcarts plural

Morphology

oxcart = ox + cart (transparent) = ox + cart

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the clear combination of 'ox' + 'cart'; learners can infer it from the components.

Etymology

Oxcart is a simple combination of ox and cart; an ox is a 'large cattle' used for heavy work, and a cart is a 'vehicle with wheels' for carrying things. So, an oxcart is a cart pulled by oxen to move goods or people.