Oak definition
Any of various brown shades resembling the wood of an oak in color.
noun
Any of numerous deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns as fruit.
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The hard durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs.
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Something made of this wood.
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(countable) A tree of the genus Quercus.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves, and the darker green of oaks [...].
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A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
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(colour) Of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
adjective
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Initialism of of a kind.
In poker, 3 OAK beats two pair.
adjective
The wood of an oak.
noun
Any of various plants with oaklike leaves.
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Any of various trees or shrubs having wood or a leaf shape similar to that of certain oaks.
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Any of a genus (Quercus) of large hardwood trees and bushes of the beech family, bearing acorns.
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A wreath of oak leaves.
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Woodwork, furniture, etc. made of oak.
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Of oak; oaken.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
oak
Plural:
oaksOrigin of oak
- Middle English ok from Old English āc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English ook, from Old English āc, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (compare Scots aik, West Frisian iik, Dutch eik, German Eiche, Danish eg), from Proto-Indo-European *eiḱ or *eiǵ- (compare Latin aesculus (“Durmast oak"), Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak"), Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew"), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigilōps, “Turkey oak"))
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