oak
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic: Scots aik, ake, yik (“oak”), North Frisian iake, iik (“oak”), Saterland Frisian Eeke (“oak”), West Frisian iik (“oak”), Cimbrian aicha, oach (“oak”), Dutch eik (“oak”), German Eiche (“oak”), Luxembourgish Eech (“oak”), Vilamovian aach, aeh́, ǡh́ (“oak”), Danish eg (“oak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk eik (“oak”), Norwegian Bokmål eik, ek (“oak”), Swedish ek (“oak”). From Proto-Indo-European: Latin aesculus (“Italian oak”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”), Albanian enjë (“English yew; stinking juniper”), Latvian ozols (“oak”), Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”).
Definitions
A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood,…
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.
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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…
Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often…
The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)
- [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.
- It was hardly the thing for a master to sport his oak where another member of the staff was concerned.
- 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.
The flavor of oak.
Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
Made of oak wood or timber.
- an oak table, oak beam, etc.
To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.
Initialism of of a kind.
- In poker, 3 OAK beats two pair.
The neighborhood
Derived
Aleppo oak, Austrian oak, Bartram oak, bear oak, blackjack oak, black oak, bleeding oak crust, blue oak, bog oak, bur oak, burr oak, canyon oak, chestnut oak, Chapman oak, chinkapin oak, chinquapin oak, coast live oak, cork oak, desert oak, downy oak, durmast oak, Emory oak, Engelmann oak, evergreen oak, forest oak, fumed oak, gall oak, Gambel oak, Garry oak, golden-cup oak, Grave's oak, green oak, hickory oak, holly oak, holm oak, Italian oak, Jerusalem oak, oak of Jerusalem, Kellogg oak, kermes oak · +127 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at oak. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at oak. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at oak
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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