oxford
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oxford/ˈɒksfəd/
▶noun
- 1 (also oxford cloth) a thick cotton fabric chiefly used to make shirts.
- 2 (also oxford shoe) a type of lace-up shoe with a low heel.
– origin C19: named after the city of Oxford.
'oxford' also found in these Oxford entries:
battels
- blue
- bulldog
- Cambridge blue
- camera
- collection
- don
- down
- -er
- go
- literae humaniores
- moderation
- Mods
- OED
- other
- Oxbridge
- Oxf.
- Oxford bags
- Oxford blue
- Oxford comma
- Oxford Movement
- Oxon
- Oxonian
- Rhodes Scholarship
- rusticate
- scout
- serial comma
- servitor
- toff
- Tractarianism
- up
