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oak
[ohk]
noun
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
the hard, durable wood of an oak tree, used in making furniture and in construction.
Archaic.the leaves of an oak tree, especially as worn in a chaplet.
adjective
pertaining to or made of oak.
an antique oak desk;
heavy oak doors with double locks.
oak
/ əʊ /
noun
any deciduous or evergreen tree or shrub of the fagaceous genus Quercus, having acorns as fruits and lobed leaves See also holm oak cork oak red oak Turkey oak durmast
the wood of any of these trees, used esp as building timber and for making furniture
( as modifier )
an oak table
any of various trees that resemble the oak, such as the poison oak, silky oak, and Jerusalem oak
anything made of oak, esp a heavy outer door to a set of rooms in an Oxford or Cambridge college
to shut this door as a sign one does not want visitors
the leaves of an oak tree, worn as a garland
the dark brownish colour of oak wood
any of various species of casuarina, such as desert oak, swamp oak, or she-oak
Other 51Թ Forms
- oaklike adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of oak1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of oak1
Idioms and Phrases
sport one's oak, (of a university student) to indicate that one is not at home to visitors by closing the outer door of one's lodgings.
Example Sentences
"I had a beautiful old oak tree, that's gone. I've a soft spot for bats and used to love watch them flying around the oak tree in the evening, they've gone."
The dispersed woodlands of western Illinois, where I now live, are filled with many of the plants you’d expect: oaks, bluebells and honeysuckle.
A restoration technician with the fund pointed to the oaks and other trees that the organization has planted over the years.
"These oak trees were mostly planted in the 18th Century," remarks Oliver.
She takes me down to her cellar to taste some of her prized red wines, standing among the oak barrels and old bottles with labels weathered by mould and age.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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