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oxcart

noun

Definition of oxcartnext
as in dray

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Recent Examples of oxcart His teams brought objects to the border, usually by oxcart, and sold them to a broker. — Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026 The resort also offers cooking and mixology classes, bird-watching and night frog walks, coffee and wine tastings, tree planting, and traditional oxcart painting classes. — Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025 There was little shelter for the newcomers, and only those with money could obtain oxcarts. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024 Sheets and his colleagues tried using oxen and an oxcart belonging to a Joya de Cerén villager instead of a truck. — Mary Roach, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 See All Example Sentences for oxcart
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oxcart
  1. dray
  2. wagonette
  3. wagon
  4. cart
  5. spring wagon
Noun
  • Wool had to be transported in drays by long trains of bullocks, and markets were far away and uncertain.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Mackinac Island Carriage Tours has Percheron and Belgian draft horses for carriage tours and dray services, the tourism bureau explained.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of dray
Noun
  • Subaru’s decision to build the STI on the Impreza’s five-door wagonette body style rather than the sedan is easy to question, but ultimately tough to fault.
    — Matthew Phenix, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2008
Definition of wagonette
Noun
  • Carpoint’s wagon, which is called the GT-K44, is based on Söhngen’s drawing.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Mears set up a tollgate, charging a dollar for a horse and rider and five dollars for a team and wagon.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of wagon
Noun
  • Rather than pulling students out of their classrooms for English lessons, Hardy brings the learning to them, rolling her cart from class to class.
    — Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The wearable in your cart is not the same technology a vet or dermatologist runs in a clinic.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of cart
Noun
  • Leona spoke about her brother Vernon, three years older than her, who was thrown off a spring wagon at age nine, his body bleeding and shattered from the impact.
    — Eythana Miller, The Dial, 23 June 2026
Definition of spring wagon

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“Oxcart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oxcart. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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