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oaken

English

Etymology

From Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ?cen, ?cen (of oak), from Proto-Germanic *aik?naz, equivalent to oak +? -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (oaken), German eichen (oaken), Icelandic eikinn (oaken).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ?k'?n, IPA(key): /??k.?n/
  • Rhymes: -??k?n

Adjective

oaken (not comparable)

  1. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Kanoé, Keano

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wainscot

English

Etymology

From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (wagon) + schot, believed to mean “partition”.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?we?nsk?t/

Noun

wainscot (plural wainscots)

  1. (architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
  2. Any of various noctuid moths.

Synonyms

  • panelling (uncountable)

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Verb

wainscot (third-person singular simple present wainscots, present participle wainscotting, simple past and past participle wainscotted)

  1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

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