Cox

Common family name

Cox is a surname, most familiar from the apple variety Cox's Orange Pippin, a cultivated English apple known for its complex flavor.

As a common noun, cox is short for coxswain—the person who steers a rowing boat and coordinates the crew's rhythm: The cox called out the stroke rate.

The verb means to act as coxswain: She coxed the varsity eight to victory.

rowing

crew

Working team aboard

  • shellHard outer covering
  • regattaOrganized boat racing event
  • strokeSudden brain blood blockage

rudder · oar · scull · boat · steer · racing · eight · four · river · Henley

apple

orchard

Fruit tree plantation

  • ciderPressed apple beverage
  • heirloomInherited family treasure
  • tartSharp-flavored small pie

crisp · English · autumn · harvest · baking · pie · variety · cultivar · dessert · cooking

surname

physicist

Scientist of matter and energy

scientist · professor · Friends · television · celebrity · Scottish · American

Categories
Opposites
role in rowing crew

Coxrower

Person propelling with oars

oarsman · oarswoman · stroke · bowman · crew

boat configuration

Coxcoxless

Lacking a steering member

Phrases
Family

coxswain, coxswains, coxing

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G