different between teak vs keak

English

Alternative forms

• teek

Etymology

From Portuguese teca, from Malayalam ??????? (t?kk??) or Tamil ?????? (t?kku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

teak (usually uncountable, plural teaks)

1. (uncountable, countable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
2. (countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona
3. (uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

Derived terms

• teaky
• tough as teak

Translations

Adjective

teak (not comparable)

1. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

Translations

See also

• afrormosia
• iroko
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Kate, kate, keta, take

Basque

Noun

teak

1. absolutive plural of te
2. ergative singular of te

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

teak n (plural teaks)

1. teak

Derived terms

• teakhout

Anagrams

• akte

Finnish

Noun

teak

1. teak (timber or tree)

Declension

Synonyms

• tiikki (recommendable)

Anagrams

• ekat, kate, keat

English

Verb

keak (third-person singular simple present keaks, present participle keaking, simple past and past participle keaked)

1. (archaic) To cackle or laugh.
2. (Yorkshire) To jerk a limb or tilt the head.

References

• (cackle, laugh) Keak, in Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, by Susan Kelz Sperling, 1977, page 16.
• (to jerk, to tilt) Keak, in A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire..., by C. Clough Robinson, 1867, page 67[1]

Anagrams

• Ekka, ekka

Basque

Noun

keak

1. absolutive plural of ke
2. ergative singular of ke