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adj
Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Made of oak wood or timber.
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noun
A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The wood of the oak.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
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noun
Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
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noun
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
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noun
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
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noun
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
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noun
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
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noun
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
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noun
The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)
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noun
The flavor of oak.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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prep_phrase
Initialism of of a kind.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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verb
To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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noun
a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: oak tree
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Broader terms: tree
Narrower terms: live oak, white oak, European turkey oak, turkey oak, Quercus cerris, scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea, jack oak, northern pin oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis, red oak, holm oak, holm tree, holly-leaved oak, evergreen oak, Quercus ilex, shingle oak, laurel oak, Quercus imbricaria, bluejack oak, Quercus incana, California black oak, Quercus kelloggii, American turkey oak, Quercus laevis, pin oak, Quercus laurifolia, overcup oak, Quercus lyrata, scrub oak, Japanese oak, Quercus mongolica, Quercus grosseserrata, chestnut oak, water oak, possum oak, Quercus nigra, Nuttall oak, Nuttall's oak, Quercus nuttalli, swamp oak, Quercus palustris, willow oak, Quercus phellos, post oak, box white oak, brash oak, iron oak, Quercus stellata, cork oak, Quercus suber, Spanish oak, Quercus texana, Chinese cork oak, Quercus variabilis, black oak, yellow oak, quercitron, quercitron oak, Quercus velutina
noun
the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
Narrower terms: fumed oak, holm oak
History
Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Scots aik, ake, yik (“oak”), North Frisian iake, iik (“oak”), Saterland Frisian Eeke (“oak”), West Frisian iik (“oak”), Cimbrian aicha, oach (“oak”), Dutch eik (“oak”), German Eiche (“oak”), Luxembourgish Eech (“oak”), Vilamovian aach, aeh́, ǡh́ (“oak”), Danish eg (“oak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk eik (“oak”), Norwegian Bokmål eik, ek (“oak”), Swedish ek (“oak”). From Proto-Indo-European: Latin aesculus (“Italian oak”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”), Albanian enjë (“English yew; stinking juniper”), Latvian ozols (“oak”), Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”).
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