Definition of oak Oak
/owĖk/ - [owk] - oak
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What does oak mean?
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| oak - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns" | ||
| oak tree | ||
| tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) | ||
| genus quercus, quercus oaks | ||
| acorn fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base | ||
| oak a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns" | ||
| live oak any of several American evergreen oaks | ||
| white oak any of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leaf | ||
| european turkey oak, quercus cerris, turkey oak large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes | ||
| quercus coccinea, scarlet oak medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close-grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn | ||
| northern pin oak, quercus ellipsoidalis, jack oak small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes | ||
| red oak any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles | ||
| evergreen oak, holly-leaved oak, holm tree, quercus ilex, holm oak evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood | ||
| quercus imbricaria, shingle oak, laurel oak small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles | ||
| bluejack oak, quercus incana, turkey oak small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point | ||
| california black oak, quercus kelloggii large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves | ||
| american turkey oak, quercus laevis, turkey oak small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes | ||
| quercus laurifolia, laurel oak, pin oak large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil | ||
| overcup oak, quercus lyrata medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year | ||
| scrub oak any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets | ||
| quercus grosseserrata, quercus mongolica, japanese oak small evergreen tree of China and Japan | ||
| chestnut oak an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees | ||
| possum oak, quercus nigra, water oak relatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade tree; thrives in wet soil | ||
| nuttall's oak, nuttall oak, quercus nuttalli similar to the pin oak; grows in damp sites in Mississippi River basin | ||
| quercus palustris, pin oak, swamp oak fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil | ||
| quercus phellos, willow oak medium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong wood | ||
| box white oak, brash oak, post oak, quercus stellata, iron oak small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence posts | ||
| cork oak, quercus suber medium-sized evergreen oak of southern Europe and northern Africa having thick corky bark that is periodically stripped to yield commercial cork | ||
| quercus texana, spanish oak small deciduous tree having the trunk branched almost from the base with spreading branches; Texas and southern Oklahoma | ||
| chinese cork oak, quercus variabilis medium to large deciduous tree of China, Japan, and Korea having thick corky bark | ||
| oak - the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
| oak tree, oak a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns" | ||
| fumed oak oak given a weathered appearance by exposure to fumes of ammonia; used for cabinetwork | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
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Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. - oak (n.)
The strong wood or timber of the oak.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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oak
Any tree of the genus Quercus in the order Fagales, characterized by simple, usually lobed leaves, scaly winter buds, a star-shaped pith, and its fruit, the acorn, which is a nut; the wood is tough, hard, and durable, generally having a distinct pattern. -
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Wood of the oak tree.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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Åk, n. a tree of about 300 species, the most famous the British oak, valued for its timber in shipbuilding, &c.āns. Oakā²-appā²le, a spongy substance on the leaves of the oak, caused by insectsāalso Oakā²leaf-gall; Oakā²-bark, the bark of some species of oak used in tanning.āadjs. Oakā²-cleavā²ing (Shak.), cleaving oaks; Oakā²en, consisting or made of oak.āns. Oakā²-gall, a gall produced on the oak; Oakā²-leathā²er, a fungus mycelium in the fissures of old oaks; Oakā²ling, a young oak; Oakā²-pÄā²per, paper for wall-hangings veined like oak.āadj. Oakā²y, like oak, firm.āOak-apple Day, the 29th of May, the anniversary of the Restoration in 1660, when country boys used to wear oak-apples in commemoration of Charles II. skulking in the branches of an oak (the Royal Oak) from Cromwell's troopers after Worcester.āSport one's oak, in English university slang, to signify that one does not wish visitors by closing the outer door of one's rooms; The Oaks, one of the three great English racesāfor maresāthe others being the Derby and St Leger. [A.S. Ć”c; Ice. eik, Ger. eiche.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book āµ
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oak
Quercus, the valuable monarch of the woods. "Hearts of oak are our ships," as the old song says.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue š
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A rich maa, a man of good substance and credit. To sport oak; to shut the outward door of a student's room at college. An oaken towel; an oaken cudgel. To rub a man down with an oaken towel; to beat him.
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oak
An oak is not felled by one blow.
Wikipedia 
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The oak tree is a kind of hardwood forest tree. Oak trees come in many different kinds of species, but all of them have large seeds called acorns.
Oak trees grow all over many parts of Europe and North America. Many of the people who own wooded land in these parts of the world are very proud of their oak trees.
Some kinds of oak wood are very hard. A lot of furniture is made from oak wood.
Most oak trees lose all of their leaves in fall. A special kind of oak tree, the "live oak", grows in the American South. It is called the "live oak" because it keeps many of its leaves over the winter.
