oak

Meanings

Plural: oaks

Noun

• the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
• a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
  • "great oaks grow from little acorns"
• A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
• The wood of the oak.
• A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
• Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
• Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
• The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
• Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
• Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
• Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
• Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
• Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
• Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
• Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
• Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
• The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)
• The flavor of oak.

Adj

• Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
• Made of oak wood or timber.

Verb

• To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

Synonyms

oak tree, oaken, sporting door

Related Words

acorn, cork, ellagic acid, encina, nutgall, quercetin, quercitron, roble, shillelagh, tanbark, valonia, wainscot

Anagrams of oak