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oak
English
Etymology
From Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English ?c (also as Old English ??), from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey?- (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /o?k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k/
- enPR: ?k
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
oak (countable and uncountable, plural oaks)
- (countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
- 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.
- (uncountable) The wood of the oak.
- A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
- 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 some ways.
- The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
- Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
- Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
- Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
- Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
- The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase "to sport one's oak").
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Prout's Lovely Black Eye
- It was hardly the thing for a master to sport his oak where another member of the staff was concerned.
- The New Sporting Magazine (volume 15, page 23)
- 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.
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Prout's Lovely Black Eye
- (wine) The flavor of oak.
Alternative forms
- (oak tree): woak, yack (England, dialectal, possibly obsolete)
Hypernyms
- (oak tree): tree
Meronyms
- (oak tree): acorn
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
oak (not comparable)
- having a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
- made of oak wood or timber
- an oak table, oak beam, etc
Synonyms
- (made of oak): oaken
Translations
Verb
oak (third-person singular simple present oaks, present participle oaking, simple past and past participle oaked)
- (wine, transitive) To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- oak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- oak at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- A-OK, AOK, Kao, Oka, koa, oka
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nutshell
English
Etymology
nut +? shell
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t.??l/
Noun
nutshell (plural nutshells)
- The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales;
What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales,
What ?hippis are ?ailing to Scalis Malis?
And all is not worth a couple of nut ?halis.
- For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales;
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- A short book summarizing an area of law.
- (nautical) A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.
Derived terms
- in a nutshell
Translations
Verb
nutshell (third-person singular simple present nutshells, present participle nutshelling, simple past and past participle nutshelled)
- (transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).
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