Meaning of Oak | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
   countable
2. Initialism of of a kind.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. The wood of the oak.
   uncountable
4. A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
   countable, uncountable
5. Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
   countable, uncountable
6. Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
   countable, uncountable
7. The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
   countable, uncountable
8. Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
   countable, uncountable
9. Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
   countable, uncountable
10. Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
    countable, uncountable
11. Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
    countable, uncountable
12. The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)
    countable, uncountable
13. The flavor of oak.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.”

“Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves, and the darker green of oaks, and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.”

“[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.”

“In poker, 3 OAK beats two pair.”

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