Meaning of she-oak | Babel Free
/ˈʃioʊk/Definitions
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Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia. Australia, countable
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Beer. Australia, archaic, slang, uncountable
Examples
“But there were other nights, wild and stormy, when the moon had gone to another town and every star was dark side down, and when the wind, while she slept, had left the she-oaks by the river to moan forebodingly round the house.”
“When she swung the belt again he crossed his fingers for her and screwed up his face in sympathy when it caught, in mid-air, on a branch of a big old she-oak that hung above the falls.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.