oxcart

noun

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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
  • The pump wagon’s relevance to Bowery culture will only be apparent in the exhibition’s final gallery, which is dominated by a comparable artifact, Brad Kalhammer’s installation Bowery Nation (1985–2012).
    — J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Parents can also pull their younger ones around the neighborhood in a wagon as a safety measure.
    — Lina Ruiz October 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of wagon
Noun
  • The company said the cart helps consumers organize their shopping while keeping track of favorite items.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This system, Jack said, had replaced an old method in which a person pushed the wafers in a cart.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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