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yokes

SayYOHKSUS/joʊks/UK/jəʊks/

2 meanings of yokes

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of yoke.

    An old carpenter in the valley still shapes yokes by hand for the few farmers who plow with oxen.

    The barn wall was hung with old wooden yokes for oxen.

  2. 2
    verb
    Third-person singular simple present of yoke.

    Each morning the farmer yokes his two oxen to the plow.

    At the county fair, a man yokes two oxen to an old cart.

yokes is a form of yoke

yoke, noun: A bar or frame that joins two oxen or other draft animals at the neck so they can pull a cart or plow; also, a similar device for a single draft animal. Full entry

Forms
yokeyokes plural
Spelling
yoke → yokes: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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