/ tiːk; NAmE / noun
[ U ] the strong hard wood of a tall Asian tree, used especially for making furniture
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from Portuguese teca , from Tamil and Malayalam tēkku .
/ tiːk; NAmE / noun
[ U ] the strong hard wood of a tall Asian tree, used especially for making furniture
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from Portuguese teca , from Tamil and Malayalam tēkku .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005