- a tall SE Asian tree (Tectona grandis) of the verbena family, with white flowers and hard, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, furniture, etc.
- its woodalso teak′wood·
Origin of teak
Portuguese teca from Malayalam t?kka from Sanskrit ??kateak
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teak
noun
- a. A large deciduous tree (Tectona grandis) in the mint family, native to tropical South and Southeast Asia, having hard, heavy, durable yellowish-brown wood.b. The wood of this tree, used especially for furniture and in shipbuilding.
- A grayish yellowish brown or grayish to moderate brown.
Origin of teak
Portuguese teca from Malayalam tēkkaRelated Forms:
- teak
adjective
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Noun
(usually uncountable, plural teaks)
Origin
Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേകàµà´•àµàµ (tÄ“kkÅ) or Tamil தேகà¯à®•à¯ (tÄ“kku) (tÄ“kku).
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Sentence Examples
- A good deal of teak and cutch is worked out.
- There are also timber trees such as mahogany, ebony, teak, lignum vitae, African cedars and planes, while oil, borassus and bamboo palms are abundant.
- The Daniell type consists of a teak trough divided into five cells by slate partitions coated with marine glue.
- There are also several extremely valuable soft timbers, the principal being red cedar (Cedrela Toona), silky oak (Grevillea robusta), beech and a variety of teak, with several important species of pine.
- The forests yield teak and other valuable timber.
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