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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024oak /oʊk/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a tree or shrub of the beech family, which bears the acorn as its fruit.
- Furniture[uncountable] the hard, long-lasting wood of such a tree.
oak•en, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024oak (ōk),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany tree or shrub belonging to the genus Quercus, of the beech family, bearing the acorn as fruit.
- Furniturethe hard, durable wood of such a tree, used in making furniture and in construction.
- the leaves of this tree, esp. as worn in a chaplet.
- Furnitureanything made of the wood of this tree, as an item of furniture, a door, etc.
- British Terms sport one's oak, (of a university student) to indicate that one is not at home to visitors by closing the outer door of one's lodgings.
- bef. 900; Middle English ook, Old English āc; cognate with Dutch eik, German Eiche
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