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• os
  os

  noun

  a bone.
• Os
  Os

  osmium.
• OS
  OS

  abbreviation

  Old Saxon. Also O.S.
• o/s
  o/s

  (of the calendar) Old Style.
• O/S
  O/S

  (of the calendar) Old Style.
• O.S.
  O.S.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) the left eye.
• o.s.
  o.s.

  abbreviation

  out of stock

os

¹ American  

[os] / ɒs /

noun

ossa plural

1. Anatomy, Zoology. a bone.

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os ² American  

[os] / ɒs /

noun

ora plural

1. Anatomy, Zoology. a mouth or orifice of the body.

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os ³ American  

[ohs] / oʊs /

noun

osar plural

1. Geology. an esker, especially when of great length.

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Os ⁴ American  

1. Symbol, Chemistry. osmium.

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OS ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Old Saxon. Also O.S.

2. Computers. operating system.

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o/s ⁶ American  

1. (of the calendar) Old Style.

2. out of stock.

3. (in banking) outstanding.

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O/S ⁷ American  

1. (of the calendar) Old Style.

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O.S. ⁸ American  

Or o.s.

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) the left eye.

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O.S. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Old Saxon. Also OS

2. (of the calendar) Old Style.

3. ordinary seaman. Also o.s.

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OS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Old School

2. Old Style (method of reckoning dates)

3. Ordinary Seaman

4. (in Britain) Ordnance Survey

5. outsize

6. Old Saxon (language)

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o.s. ² British  

abbreviation

1. out of stock

2. banking outstanding

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Os ³ British  

symbol

1. osmium

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os ⁴ British  

/ ɒs /

noun

1. anatomy the technical name for bone

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os ⁵ British  

/ ɒs /

noun

1. anatomy zoology a mouth or mouthlike part or opening

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os ⁶ British  

/ əʊs /

noun

1. another name for esker

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• ora
  plural
• osar
  plural
• ossa
  plural

Etymology

Origin of os¹

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin os (inflectional stem oss- ) “bone”

Origin of os²

First recorded in 1730–40; from Latin ōs (inflectional stem ōr- ) “mouth”

Origin of os³

First recorded in 1840–50 as osar (plural); from Swedish ås (plural åsar ) “ridge (of a hill),” from Old Norse áss “thick pole or main beam; rocky ridge”

Origin of O.S.⁸

From Latin oculus sinister

Example Sentences

They eventually named their institute for an online trend that had slime enthusiasts replacing the vowels in their name with double o’s, so Kira would become “Kooroo” and slime becomes “Sloomoo.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022

Like other Romance languages, Spanish divides most endings of nouns into masculine o’s or feminine a’s.

From Washington Times • Dec. 12, 2021

Plosives, or stops, convey “slower” and “bigger” — as do vowels that are voiced at the back of the throat, like the o in “token” or the double o’s in “food.”

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2015

Texting and Millennials The phone holds a million x’s and o’s.

From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2013

It was almost perfect, just a fraction flatter and shakier than Betty Jean’s voice had been, the o’s and ah’s parodies of Betty Jean’s pretentious ones.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson