TEAK


Meaning of TEAK in English

/ 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.