oak

CEFRA2

/əʊk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large tree with strong wood and acorns.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.

Examples

  • An old oak is groaning in the storm.

  • Are there oak trees on the hill?

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /oʊk/
  • /woʊk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The wood of the oak.

  2. A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.

  3. Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.

More examples

In context

  • They have a gorgeous old oak tree in their front yard.

  • In poker, 3 OAK beats two pair.

  • an oak table, oak beam, etc.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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, “Tu...