Teak meaning

tēk
A tall SE Asian tree (Tectona grandis) of the verbena family, with white flowers and hard, yellowish-brown wood used for shipbuilding, furniture, etc.
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Its wood.
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A grayish yellowish brown or grayish to moderate brown.
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(uncountable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (Tectona spp.).
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(countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona.
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(uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

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Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.
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Origin of teak

  • Portuguese teca from Malayalam tēkka

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്കു് (tēkkŭ) or Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku) (tēkku).

    From Wiktionary

Teak Sentence Examples

  • A good deal of teak and cutch is worked out.

  • The teak tree grows all over the hill districts north of latitude 15°, but seems to attain its best development on the west, and on the east does not appear to be found south of 17°.

  • The forests yield teak and other valuable timber.

  • Most of the so-called Burma teak exported from Moulmein is floated down from Siamese territory.

  • The Daniell type consists of a teak trough divided into five cells by slate partitions coated with marine glue.

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