She-oak
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʃioʊk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: She-oak is a noun meaning (Australia, countable) Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia.
Meaning
(Australia, countable) Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia.
More Meanings
- (Australia, uncountable, slang, now rare) Beer.
Example Sentences
When she swung the belt again he crossed his fingers for her and screwed up his face in sympathy when it caught, in mid-air, on a branch of a big old she-oak that hung above the falls.
But there were other nights, wild and stormy, when the moon had gone to another town and every star was dark side down, and when the wind, while she slept, had left the she-oaks by the river to moan forebodingly round the house.
Word Forms
- she-oaks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include casuarina, socketwood, silk-oak, oakling, temak, whitewood.
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