oak

A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.countable

• It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick
• Instead 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 w

A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.; The wood of the oak.uncountable

A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.; A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.countableuncountable

A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.; The flavor of oak.countableuncountable

Any member of species of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.countableuncountable

Any member of other species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.; she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceaecountableuncountable

Any member of other species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.; white oaks Lagunaria, in family Malvaceaecountableuncountable

Any member of other species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.; silky oaks, in family Proteaceaecountableuncountable

Any member of other species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.; poison oak Toxicodendron, in family Anacardiaceaecountableuncountable

Any member of other species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.; tanbark oaks or stone oaks, of species of genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus in family Fagaceae.countableuncountable

Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood.not-comparable

Made of oak wood or timber.not-comparable

• an oak table, oak beam, etc.

To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.transitive