different between oak vs reposado
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
oak From the web:
- what oak trees have acorns
- what oakley lenses are best for baseball
- what oakley goggles do i have
- what oakleys do i have
- what oak ridge boy died
- what oakley glasses are z87
- what oak trees produce acorns
- what oak trees lose their leaves
reposado
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish reposado
Noun
reposado (countable and uncountable, plural reposados)
- A tequila that has been aged in oak barrels for between two months and one year.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /repo?sado/, [re.po?sa.ð?o]
Adjective
reposado (feminine reposada, masculine plural reposados, feminine plural reposadas)
- relaxed, placid, calm
Verb
reposado m (feminine singular reposada, masculine plural reposados, feminine plural reposadas)
- Masculine singular past participle of reposar.
reposado From the web:
- what reposado means
- what reposado mean in spanish
- what's reposado in english
- what does reposado tequila mean
- what does reposado tequila taste like
- what is reposado patron
- what does reposado taste like
- what does reposado
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- oak vs reposado
- age vs reposado
- tequila vs reposado
- exuvial vs exuvia
- exuvia vs eluvia
- exuviae vs exuvia
- arachnid vs exuvia
- crustacean vs exuvia
- exoskeleton vs exuvia
- insect vs exuvia
- exuvial vs eluvial
- exuvial vs exuviae
- exuvial vs exuviate
- eluviate vs exuviate
- eluviated vs eluviate
- eluviate vs eluviation
- terms vs exuviated
- eluviated vs exuviated
- exuviated vs exuviates
- exuviate vs exuviated