Synonyms for oak


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ohk
Phonetic Transcription : oʊk

Top 10 synonyms for oak Other synonyms for the word oak

Définition of oak

Origin :
  • Old English ac "oak tree," from Proto-Germanic *aiks (cf. Old Norse eik, Old Saxon and Old Frisian ek, Middle Dutch eike, Dutch eik, Old High German eih, German Eiche), of uncertain origin with no certain cognates outside Germanic.
  • The usual Indo-European base for "oak" (*derwo-/*dreu-) has become Modern English tree. Used in Biblical translations to render Hebrew elah (probably usually "terebinth tree") and four other words. The Old Norse form was eik, but as there were no oaks in Iceland the word came to be used there for "tree" in general.
  • As in theater/theatre : noun stage, building for performance
  • As in theater : noun stage
  • As in cork : noun type of plug
Example sentences :
  • I know the beech and the maple, and some kinds of oak, but there my wood lore ends.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Hetty struggled once more to free herself, but the arms were like arms of oak.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • It is built of oak framework, filled in with “wattle and daub.”
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • I have a notion that it's the Marquis and that he'll be in the Oak Parlour.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • With gun in hand he crept up to the nearest window of the Oak Parlour.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • Having satisfied himself, he went directly to the Oak Parlour.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • But Dan was in no mood to appreciate the old-world beauty of the Oak Parlour.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • It has something to do with the old cabinet in the Oak Parlour.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • And while they are away, I'll investigate the Oak Parlour myself.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • I found this paper in a secret cubby-hole in the old cabinet in the Oak Parlour.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

Antonyms for oak

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