Oak

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /oÊŠk/
• RP IPA: /əʊk/
• enPR: ōk
• Rhymes: -əʊk

Origin

From Middle English ook, from Old English āc, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (compare Scots aik, West Frisian iik, Dutch eik, German Eiche, Danish eg), from Proto-Indo-European *eiḱ or *eiǵ- (compare Latin aesculus ("Durmast oak"), Lithuanian ąžuolas ("oak"), Albanian enjë ("juniper, yew"), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigilōps, "Turkey oak"))

Full definition of oak

Noun

1. (tree)(countable) A tree of the genus Quercus.
• Grey Riders|8Instead 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. ...
  
2. (uncountable) The wood of the oak.
3. A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Derived terms

• oak leaf
• oak wreath

Hypernyms

• (oak tree) tree

Meronyms

• (oak tree) acorn

Adjective

1. (colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
2. made of oak wood or timberan oak table, oak beam, etc
3. consisting of oak treesan oak wood, oak forest, etc

Derived terms

Anagrams

• koa
• oka, Oka