Definitions for OAK

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OAK oak

Spelling: [ohk]

IPA: /oʊk/

Oak is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in OAK (ako).

Definitions for OAK

noun

1. any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
2. the hard, durable wood of such a tree, used in making furniture and in construction.
3. the leaves of this tree, especially as worn in a chaplet.
4. anything made of the wood of this tree, as an item of furniture, a door, etc.

Idioms

1. sport one's oak, British. (of a university student) to indicate that one is not at home to visitors by closing the outer door of one's lodgings.

Origin of OAK

before 900; Middle English ook, Old English āc; cognate with Dutch eik, German Eiche

Examples for OAK

With gun in hand he crept up to the nearest window of the oak Parlour.

oak, great balance and a good finish with stone fruits and just enough oak to round the wine to a silky smooth feel on the palate.

I know the beech and the maple, and some kinds of oak, but there my wood lore ends.

I have a notion that it's the Marquis and that he'll be in the oak Parlour.

It is built of oak framework, filled in with “wattle and daub.”

All of the whisky used in both types of scotch must be matured in Scotland and aged for a minimum of three years in oak casks.

“The influence of the oak maturation casks on the final character of The Macallan is vital,” says MacPherson.

Spanish oak, which has an open grain and high levels of tannin, gives you dried fruit, spice, and even chocolate flavors.

Hetty struggled once more to free herself, but the arms were like arms of oak.

The time the wine spends on oak in the barrel is important to the balance of the wine.