Oak

Quick meaning: Oak is a noun meaning (uncountable) The wood of the oak.

Meaning

(uncountable) The wood of the oak.

More Meanings

1. A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
2. Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
3. Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
4. The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)
5. (wine) The flavor of oak.
6. Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

an oak table, oak beam, etc.

It was hardly the thing for a master to sport his oak where another member of the staff was concerned.

[E]very set of rooms has two doors, and I soon learned that the outer door, which is thick and solid, is called the oak, and to shut it is termed, to sport.

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.

Word Forms

• oaks
• oaking
• oaked

Synonyms for oak

Depending on context, synonyms include oaken, woody.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woody, hardwood, ivy, tree, restaurant, poison.

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