Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - oak
Oak
oak
n. 1 any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus usu. having lobed leaves and bearing acorns. 2 the durable wood of this tree, used esp. for furniture and in building. 3 (attrib.) made of oak (oak table). 4 a heavy outer door of a set of university college rooms. 5 (the Oaks) (treated as sing.) an annual race at Epsom for three-year-old fillies (from the name of a nearby estate). Phrases and idioms oak-apple (or -gall) an apple-like gall containing larvae of certain wasps, found on oak trees. Derivatives oaken adj. Etymology: OE ac f. Gmc
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noun (plural ~s or ~) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ook, from Old English āc; akin to Old High German eih ~ and perhaps to Greek aigilōps, a kind of ~ Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Quercus) of trees or shrubs of the beech family that produce acorns, the tough hard durable wood of an ~ tree, the leaves of an ~ used as decoration, ~en adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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