oak
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English ook, from Old English āc, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (compare Scots aik, West Frisian iik, Dutch eik, German Eiche), from Proto-Indo-European *eiḱ or *eiǵ- (compare Latin aesculus 'Durmast oak', Lithuanian ąžuolas 'oak', Albanian enjë 'juniper, yew', Ancient Greek aigilōps 'Turkey oak').
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[edit] Noun
oak (countable and uncountable; plural oaks)
- (countable) An oak tree.
- (uncountable) The wood of the oak.
- A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
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oak colour:
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[edit] Translations
oak tree — see oak tree
wood
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colour
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[edit] Hypernyms
- (oak tree): tree
[edit] Meronyms
- (oak tree): acorn
[edit] Adjective
oak (not comparable)
- (colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
[edit] Translations
of a colour like oak
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from oak
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