Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
starorzecze
English translation:
oxbow lake
Added to glossary by
Michal Labedzki
Oct 12, 2004 06:35
19 yrs ago
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Polish term
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Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English
starorzecze
Polish to English
Science
Geography
ponowne wykopywanie starorzeczy i zakoli
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | oxbow lake |
Jakub Szacki
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| 4 | oxbow / oxbow lake/ cutoff. |
bartek
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| 3 +1 | old river-bed |
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
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Proposed translations
+2
3 mins
Jakub Szacki
Poland
Poland
Native in Polish
Specializes in field
Poland
40 years of translating experience
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish, French to Polish, and 2 more.
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23
Selected
oxbow lake
Longman Dict. of Environmental Science
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "dzieki"
6 mins
oxbow / oxbow lake/ cutoff.
Kosciuszko
+1
36 mins
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Native in Polish
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Polish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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14
old river-bed
Moi przedpiscy maja oczywiscie racje (oxbow lake http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/lakes/oxbow.htm) przy czym oxbow (np. wg PWN/Ox) to rowniez "zakole":
Collins:
oxbow
1. a U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of a harnessed ox and attached to the yoke
2. Also called: oxbow lake, cutoff. a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander
Webster:
oxbow (aksbo)
n.
1 either of the U-shaped parts of an ox yoke: an oxbow passes under and around the neck of a yoked ox: see yoke, illus.
2 a) something shaped like this, as a bend in a river b) the land within such a bend
nie wiem czy w tym przypadku nie bedzie pasowac to co podaje Stanislawski (jesli mamy kontrast "starorzecze" vs. "zakole"):
old river-bed
HTH
Collins:
oxbow
1. a U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of a harnessed ox and attached to the yoke
2. Also called: oxbow lake, cutoff. a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander
Webster:
oxbow (aksbo)
n.
1 either of the U-shaped parts of an ox yoke: an oxbow passes under and around the neck of a yoked ox: see yoke, illus.
2 a) something shaped like this, as a bend in a river b) the land within such a bend
nie wiem czy w tym przypadku nie bedzie pasowac to co podaje Stanislawski (jesli mamy kontrast "starorzecze" vs. "zakole"):
old river-bed
HTH
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