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Oak

//əʊk// adj, noun, prep_phrase, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Made of oak wood or timber. not-comparable

    "an oak table, oak beam, etc."

Noun
  1. 1
    A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus. countable

    "It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by."

  2. 2
    a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves wordnet
  3. 3
    The wood of the oak. uncountable
  4. 4
    the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring wordnet
  5. 5
    A rich brown color, like that of oak wood. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    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 countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.; Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    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 countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.; Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    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. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.) countable, uncountable

    "[E]very set of rooms has two doors, and I soon learned that the outer door, which is thick and solid, is called the oak, and to shut it is termed, to sport."

  8. 13
    The flavor of oak. countable, uncountable
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of of a kind. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "In poker, 3 OAK beats two pair."

Verb
  1. 1
    To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

Etymology 3

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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