oak

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English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English āc (also as Old English ǣċ), from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊk/
• (General American) enPR: ōk, IPA^(key): /oʊk/
• (obsolete) enPR: wōk, IPA^(key): /woʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Noun

oak (countable and uncountable, plural oaks)

2. (countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
3. (uncountable) The wood of the oak.
4. A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

5. Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
6. Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
   1. The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
   2. Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
   3. Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
   4. Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
   5. Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
7. The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)

   Synonym: sporting door

   • The New Sporting Magazine (volume 15, page 23)

     The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.

8. (wine) The flavor of oak.

Alternative forms

• (oak tree): woak, yack (England, dialectal, possibly obsolete)

Hypernyms

• (oak tree): tree

Meronyms

• (oak tree): acorn

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

oak (not comparable)

1. Having a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
2. Made of oak wood or timber.

   an oak table, oak beam, etc.

Synonyms

• (made of oak): oaken

Translations

Verb

oak (third-person singular simple present oaks, present participle oaking, simple past and past participle oaked)

1. (wine, transitive) To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• oak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “oak”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, Oka, koa, oka

Mokilese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔk/

Verb

oak

1. (intransitive) to hide
2. (stative) to be hidden

Derived terms

• oaki