oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊk/
enpr: ōk
ipa: /oʊk/
enpr: wōk
ipa: /woʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
Forms: form: oaks
form: woak
form: yack
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English āc (also as Old English ǣċ), from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic: Scots aik, West Frisian iik, Dutch eik, German Eiche, German Low German Eek, Danish eg, Norwegian Bokmål eik, Norwegian Nynorsk eik, Swedish ek, Yiddish אייכנבוים (eykhnboym).
From Proto-Indo-European: Latin aesculus (“Durmast oak”), Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”), Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”).
Senses: examples: text: 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 and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: 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 which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
ref: 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
glosses: A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
glosses: The wood of the oak.
glosses: A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
glosses: Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
glosses: Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
glosses: Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
glosses: Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
glosses: Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
glosses: Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
examples: text: [E]very set of rooms has two doors, and I soon learned that the outer door, which is thick and solid, is called the oak, and to shut it is termed, to sport.
ref: 1833, Thomas Jefferson Hogg, chapter 2, in Shelley at Oxford, London: Methuen:
text: It was hardly the thing for a master to sport his oak where another member of the staff was concerned.
ref: 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Prout's Lovely Black Eye:
text: The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.
ref: The New Sporting Magazine (volume 15, page 23)
synonyms: sporting door
glosses: The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: The flavor of oak.
Hypernyms: sense: oak tree
word: tree
Meronyms: sense: oak tree
word: acorn
Derived terms: word: Aleppo oak
word: Austrian oak
word: Bartram oak
taxonomic: Quercus ilicifolia
word: bear oak
taxonomic: Quercus marilandica
word: blackjack oak
word: black oak
word: bleeding oak crust
word: blue oak
word: bog oak
word: bur oak
word: burr oak
word: canyon oak
taxonomic: Quercus montana
word: chestnut oak
taxonomic: Quercus chapmanii
word: Chapman oak
word: chinkapin oak
taxonomic: Quercus muehlenbergii
word: chinquapin oak
word: coast live oak
taxonomic: Quercus suber
word: cork oak
word: desert oak
word: downy oak
taxonomic: Quercus petraea
word: durmast oak
taxonomic: Quercus emoryi
word: Emory oak
word: Engelmann oak
word: evergreen oak
word: forest oak
word: fumed oak
word: gall oak
taxonomic: Quercus gambelii
word: Gambel oak
word: Garry oak
word: golden-cup oak
word: Grave's oak
word: green oak
word: hickory oak
taxonomic: Quercus ilex
word: holly oak
taxonomic: Quercus ilex
word: holm oak
word: Italian oak
word: Jerusalem oak
word: oak of Jerusalem
word: Kellogg oak
taxonomic: Quercus coccifera
word: kermes oak
word: laurel oak
taxonomic: Quercus durata
word: leather oak
word: live oak
word: maul oak
word: Mirbeck's oak
taxonomic: Quercus myrtifolia
word: myrtle oak
word: nightcap oak
word: northern red oak
word: Nuttall oak
word: Nuttall's oak
word: Oregon white oak
word: pedunculated oak
word: pedunculate oak
taxonomic: Quercus palustris
word: pin oak
taxonomic: Toxicodendron spp.
word: poison oak
word: Portuguese oak
word: post oak
word: prickly oak
word: pubescent oak
taxonomic: Quercus rubra
word: red oak
word: red silky oak
word: rose she-oak
taxonomic: Quercus inopina
word: Sandhill oak
taxonomic: Quercus parvula
word: Santa Cruz Island oak
taxonomic: Quercus coccinea
word: scarlet oak
word: Schneck oak
word: scrub oak
taxonomic: Quercus petraea
word: sessile oak
word: shingle oak
word: shinnery oak
word: Shumard oak
word: silk-oak
word: silk oak
word: silky oak
word: swamp chestnut oak
word: swamp oak
word: swamp Spanish oak
word: swamp white oak
word: Tasmanian oak
english: Notholithocarpus
translation: Notholithocarpus
word: tan oak
word: Toumey oak
taxonomic: Quercus john-tuckeri
word: Tucker oak
word: turbinella oak
taxonomic: Quercus laevis
word: turkey oak
taxonomic: Quercus cerris
word: Turkey oak
taxonomic: Quercus lobata
word: valley oak
taxonomic: Quercus nigra
word: water oak
word: western poison oak
taxonomic: Quercus alba
word: white oak
taxonomic: Quercus phellos
word: willow oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: acute oak decline
sense: Other derived terms
word: Burnt Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: bur oak blight
sense: Other derived terms
word: Burr Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Clearlake Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: Del Rey Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: Fair Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: Four Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: Gospel Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: heart of oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Holly Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Honor Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Knockholt
sense: Other derived terms
word: Meiners Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: mighty oaks from little acorns grow
sense: Other derived terms
word: Noakes
sense: Other derived terms
word: North Fair Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak-apple
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak apple
sense: Other derived terms
word: oakbark
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oak Bay
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak-blue
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakboy
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oak Cliff
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oak Creek
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakdale
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak decline
sense: Other derived terms
word: oaken
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak fern
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oak Forest
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak-gall
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak gall
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oak Grove
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakland
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak leaf cluster
sense: Other derived terms
word: oakleaf
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak leaf
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak leather
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak-leaved
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakleigh
sense: Other derived terms
word: oakless
sense: Other derived terms
word: oaklet
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakley
sense: Other derived terms
word: oaklike
sense: Other derived terms
word: oakling
sense: Other derived terms
taxonomic: Evernia prunastri
word: oakmoss
sense: Other derived terms
word: oakness
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak paper
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oak Park
sense: Other derived terms
taxonomic: Thaumetopoea processionea
word: oak processionary moth
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak pruner
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oak Ridge
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakridge
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak rough bulletgall wasp
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak-tag
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak tag
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak titmouse
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakville
sense: Other derived terms
word: oakware
sense: Other derived terms
alt: Ceratocystis fagacearum
word: oak wilt
sense: Other derived terms
word: Oakwood
sense: Other derived terms
word: oakwood
sense: Other derived terms
word: oak wreath
sense: Other derived terms
word: oaky
sense: Other derived terms
word: oil-on-oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Old Oak Common
sense: Other derived terms
word: post oak bluff
sense: Other derived terms
word: Red Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Round Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Royal Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Selly Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Sevenoaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: Sherman Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: Shire Oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: sport one's oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: sport the oak
sense: Other derived terms
word: sudden oak death
sense: Other derived terms
word: tanoak
sense: Other derived terms
word: Thousand Oaks
sense: Other derived terms
word: Three Oaks