Meaning

11 senses
  1. (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.

    a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

  2. A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.

    (uncountable)The wood of the oak.

    the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

  3. (countable, uncountable)A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The flavor of oak.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Any member of species of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.

    Eiche, Eichenbaum, Eichbaum

    дубdub

    дубdub

  6. Any member of other species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.

    (countable, uncountable)She-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae

  7. (countable, uncountable)White oaks Lagunaria, in family Malvaceae

  8. (countable, uncountable)Silky oaks, in family Proteaceae

  9. (countable, uncountable)Poison oak Toxicodendron, in family Anacardiaceae

  10. (countable, uncountable)Tanbark oaks or stone oaks, of species of genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus in family Fagaceae.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)

Examples

134 sentences
  1. This table is made of good oak.

    Цей стіл зроблений із доброго дуба.

    ruЭтот стол сделан из хорошего дуба.

    deDieser Tisch ist aus guter Eiche hergestellt.

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  2. It's an oak tree.

    Це дуб.

    ruЭто дуб.

    deEs ist eine Eiche.

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  3. Are there oak trees on the hill?

    ruНа горе растут дубы?

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  4. He cut some branches off the oak tree.

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  5. Tom poked his head around the oak tree.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tree or shrub of the genus Quercus:
Русский
By meaning 1
wood:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
wood:
tree or shrub of the genus Quercus:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from P

Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

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