oak
A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong…A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
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Translations
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Examples
132 sentencesThis table is made of good oak.
Цей стіл зроблений із доброго дуба. — uaspeaker
ruЭтот стол сделан из хорошего дуба. — Hellerick
deDieser Tisch ist aus guter Eiche hergestellt. — kolonjano
It's an oak tree.
Це дуб. — lingvokrolik
ruЭто дуб. — Selena777
deEs ist eine Eiche. — piterkeo
Are there oak trees on the hill?
ruНа горе растут дубы? — joulin
Meaning
11 senses(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.
Eiche, Eichenbaum, Eichbaum
дубdub
дубdub
a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
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.
Eiche, Eichenholz
дубdub
the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
(countable, uncountable)A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
More meanings 8
A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
(countable, uncountable)The flavor of oak.
(countable, uncountable)Any member of species of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
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
(countable, uncountable)White oaks Lagunaria, in family Malvaceae
(countable, uncountable)Silky oaks, in family Proteaceae
(countable, uncountable)Poison oak Toxicodendron, in family Anacardiaceae
(countable, uncountable)Tanbark oaks or stone oaks, of species of genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus in family Fagaceae.
(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.)
Origin
Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from PInherited 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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Forms
plural: oaksSynonyms
3 synonyms- a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves:oak tree
Word family
78 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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