oak meaning

[ əuk ] Pronunciation:   "oak" in a sentence
Noun: oak  owk
  1. The hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring 
  2. A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
    "great oaks grow from little acorns"
    - oak tree

Derived forms: oaks

Type of: tree, wood

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

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  1. venerable oaks forms a sylvan archway.
  2. the woods were all of oak and beech.
  3. birches and oaks feathered the narrow ravines.
  4. there was a triptych of pale oak.
  5. i had just sported my oak for a moment.

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