OAK


Meaning of OAK in English

ˈōk noun

( plural oaks or oak )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English ook, ok, from Old English āc; akin to Old High German eih oak, Old Norse eik, Greek aigilōps havergrass, Turkey oak and perhaps to Latin aesculus, an oak

1.

a. : a tree or shrub of Quercus or the related genus Lithocarpus

b.

(1) : the tough hard durable wood of an oak tree ; especially : such wood (as of the white oak, red oak, bur oak, cork oak, English oak) having a distinct pattern produced by prominent medullary rays

(2) : furniture made of this wood

bought oak for the living room

c. : the leaves of an oak used as a decoration

a wreath of oak

hung with oak

2.

a. : any of various plants resembling oaks (as in foliage) — usually used with a qualifying adjective or other attributive word; see poison oak , silk oak

b. Australia : casuarina 2

3. : a moderate to strong brown that is yellower and slightly darker than Vassar tan and yellower and slightly lighter than Arabian brown — called also briar

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