OXFORD UNIVERSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oxford University mean? 

• OXFORD UNIVERSITY (noun)
  The noun OXFORD UNIVERSITY has 1 sense:

1. a university in England

  Familiarity information: OXFORD UNIVERSITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXFORD UNIVERSITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A university in England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Oxford; Oxford University

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

Holonyms ("Oxford University" is a part of...):

Oxford (a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University)

 Context examples 

In a separate study, a team from Oxford University were investigating the same terrain from another perspective: why Earth is so depleted in moderately volatile elements (such as lead, zinc, and indium) compared to chondritic meteorites, which are thought to represent the chemical conditions of the early Solar System.

(Fiery Collisions That Gave Birth to Earth Could Have Evaporated 40% of Our World, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)