oaknoun [ C or U ]
uk/əʊk/us/oʊk/B2 a large tree that is common in northern countries, or the hard wood of this tree:
a mighty oak
The timbers of those old sailing ships were mostly oak.
an oak table/cupboard
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- The brandy is aged in oak barrels for ten years.
- They found shelter from the storm under a large oak tree.
- The oak was two metres in girth.
- The path goes through an ancient oak wood.
- The walls of the dining hall were panelled in oak.
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Types of wood
- balsa wood
- bark
- close-grained
- ebony
- firewood
- hickory
- jelutong
- lumber
- maple
- matchwood
- MDF
- mulga
- oaken
- pine
- rosewood
- three-ply
- wood
- wood pulp
- wooden
- yew
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Deciduous trees
Idiom(s)
tall/great oaks from little acorns grow