oak meaning
[ əuk ] Pronunciation: "oak" in a sentence
Noun: oak owk
- The hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
- A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
"great oaks grow from little acorns"
- oak tree
Derived forms: oaks
Part of: genus Quercus, Quercus
Encyclopedia: Oak Oak, NE Oak, Nebraska
[American slang]
mod. “OK”; satisfactory; worthy. (Prisons.)
• That guy's oaks.
• This stuff is oak.
[Architecture]
A tough, hard, high-density wood of the temperate climates; rather coarse-textured, ranging in color from light tan to pink or brown; used for both structural and decorative applications, such as framing timbers, flooring, and plywood.
Examples
More: Next- venerable oaks forms a sylvan archway.
- the woods were all of oak and beech.
- birches and oaks feathered the narrow ravines.
- there was a triptych of pale oak.
- i had just sported my oak for a moment.