oak

any of a genus (Quercus) of large hardwood trees and bushes of the beech family, bearing acorns
the wood of an oak
any of various plants with oaklike leaves
a wreath of oak leaves
woodwork, furniture, etc. made of oak

Origin of oak

Middle English oke from Old English ac, akin to German eiche from Indo-European base an unverified form aig-, oak from source Classical Greek aigil?ps, a kind of oak

of oak; oaken

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oak

noun

a. Any of numerous deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns as fruit.
b. The hard durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs.
c. Something made of this wood.
Any of various trees or shrubs having wood or a leaf shape similar to that of certain oaks.
Any of various brown shades resembling the wood of an oak in color.

Origin of oak

Middle English ok from Old English āc

Related Forms:

oak′en
adjective

oak

northern red oak

Quercus rubra

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural oaks)

(countable) A tree of the genus Quercus.
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 8
  Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves, and the darker green of oaks [...]
(uncountable) The wood of the oak.
A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Adjective

(not comparable)

(colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
made of oak wood or timber
an oak table, oak beam, etc
consisting of oak trees
an oak wood, oak forest, etc

Origin

From Middle English ook, from Old English Äc, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (compare Scots aik, West Frisian iik, Dutch eik, German Eiche, Danish eg), from Proto-Indo-European *eiá¸± or *eiÇµ- (compare Latin aesculus (“Durmast oak"), Lithuanian Ä…Å¾uolas (“oak"), Albanian enjÃ« (“juniper, yew"), Ancient Greek Î±á¼°Î³Î¯Î»Ï‰Ïˆ (aigilÅps, “Turkey oak"))