Definition: 1. A large tree that produces small nuts called acorns . Oaks are common in northern countries and can live to be hundreds of years old. 2. The hard wood of the oak tree.
Use 'oak' in a sentence:
1. Oak may bend but will not break.
2. The Duke's study was very masculine, with deep red wall-covering and dark oak shelving.
3. Elm City should pay attention to the example of the Oak City mall and deny the application to build a shopping mall in Elm City.
4. When he reached the giant oak tree he stopped, for he thought he heard a rustle in the brush.
5. Quietly he walked towards her, past her, and on towards the heavy oak door.
6. There is a huge oak table in the centre of the meeting room.
7. Friends in Louisville made a stout oak staff for her; she slung it over her shoulder and hung her banner from it.
8. Do you see that Marionette hanging from the limb of that giant oak tree?
9. Venerable oaks forms a sylvan archway.
10. The carpenter will floor this room with oak.
11. For centuries, oak was the wood of choice for European shipbuilders.
12. The house has a superb staircase made from oak and marble.
13. The walls were panelled in oak.
14. Becky found a wolf in the oak stump near the wash.
15. On reaching the oak tree, you will find a poor, half-dead Marionette stretched out on the grass.
16. There were two very large oak trees in front of our house with wide spreading branches and luxuriant foliage.
17. The house had a panelled hall and a fine oak stair.
18. He was a huge man, built like an oak tree.
19. People who work in Oak City but who live elsewhere cannot fully understand the business and politics of the city.
20. The ceilings are supported by oak beams.
21. Our wine is aged in oak barrels.
22. But an oak which has fewer but bigger leaves with stronger reflections, produces a jagged wave form, or what we called a rough echo.
23. The table dates from the 18th century and is made from Spanish oak.
24. The rooms have a baronial feel, with oak paneling and leather sofas.
25. The wine is left to mature in oak barrels.
26. The front door of the building is made of oak wood.
27. It lies high upon the hill, between the large oak-trees, one of which is half decayed.
28. You can beat yourself or a friend with a whisk, made of birch, oak or lime branch.
29. Great oaks from little acorns grow.
30. I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley, but we only managed the first lap of the journey.
31. Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak.
32. They used the swimming-pool, rode, lazed in the deep shade of the oaks in the heat of the day.
33. Hundreds of tiny plant remains show how the inhabitants exploited nut harvests in nearby pistachio and oak forests.
34. There's some indications to suggest that the population of the Nightcap Oak has not declined over the last many hundreds of years.
35. Trees such as spruce, pine, and oak have been planted.
36. The suitable habitat, that is, the actual rainforest is much larger than the few hectares where the Nightcap Oak grows.
37. The cabinet was made of oak and was hand-carved.
38. The wind was bouncing the branches of the big oak trees.
39. If the Nightcap Oak remains, if their seeds remain locked inside their shell, they will not germinate.
40. The cottage had exposed oak beams.
41. An old oak tree once stood here.
42. This table is made of solid oak.
43. The wine is aged for almost a year in oak barrels.
44. The wine is aged in oak casks.
45. An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool.
46. Other woods expand and contract at different rates than oak, so repairs to oak ships done with those woods split or leak.
47. Many large oaks were felled during the war.
48. We sat in the leafy shade of an oak tree.
49. Chestnut is in the family Fagaceae which also includes oak and beech.
50. The familiar chestnut, oak, and elm grew taller here, and the forest rimming the clearing appeared thick and impenetrable.
51. Cartons of Chinese food were arrayed on a large oak table.
52. Trees such as spruce, pine and oak have been planted.
