oak

Phonetic

US /əʊk/UK /əʊk/

Translations

NOUNA deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus., The wood of the oak., A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood., Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae., Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways. The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae, Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways. Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae, Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways. Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae, Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways. Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae, Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways. Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus., The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.), The flavor of oak.

ADJhaving a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood., made of oak wood or timber

VERBTo expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

XInitialism of of a kind.

Variants

oaks: Third Person Singular, Plural
oaking: Present Participle
oaked: Past Participle, Past Tense

Examples

In 2016 it was voted England’s Tree of the Year, and the next year it came fifth in the European league, when the winner was a far less prepossessing Polish oak called Jozef
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They inform me, in the voice of Princess Anna from “Frozen,” that my dog is a golden retriever mix (he is not) and that a tree I am looking at is probably an oak (it is not).
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But you probably only have a few types of trees (Oak, Pine, Maple).
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Oak/əʊk/ Ridge/rɪdʒ/ Associated Universities (ORAU) is a consortium/kənˈsɔːrʃiəm/ of American universities headquartered in Oak/əʊk/ Ridge/rɪdʒ/, Tennessee/ˌtenəˈsiː/, with officesˈɑːfɪsᵻz in Arvada, Colorado and/ənd/ Cincinnati, Ohio/əʊˈhaɪəʊ/ and/ənd/ staff at other locations across the country.
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The landscape, consisting of 25,000 new plants (most native and drought-tolerant), twists and morphs around all of the museum’s buildings and Live Oak trees and alludes to the area’s many ecosystems, from the Texas Hill Country to the encroaching Chihuahuan Desert.
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