noun 1) дуб; - dyers oak - black oak 2) древесина дуба 3) изделия из дуба (напр., мебель и т.п.) 4) венок из дубовых листьев 5) univ.; coll. наружная дверь 6) (the Oaks) pl. эпсомские скачки для трехлетних кобыл 7) attr. дубовый ...
1. бот. дуб (Quercus gen.) 2. древесина дуба made of oak —- дубовый; сделанный из дуба 3. венок из дубовых листьев 4. унив. разг. дверь из комнаты студента, выходящая в общий коридор to sport one's oak —- закрыть дверь (в знак того, что посетители нежелательны) 5. эпсомские скачки для трехлетних кобыл Id: oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm —- посл. буря валит дубы, а тростник стоит как стоял 6. дубовый oak door —- дубовая дверь oak panel —- дубовая панель oak chest —- дубовый сундук ...
дуб (Quercus) – Adriatic oak – African oak – barren oak – basket oak – bear oak – bitter oak – black oak – blackjack oak – blue oak – blush tulip oak – box white oak – bull oak – bur oak – canyon oak – champion oak – chestnut oak – cork oak – diamond-leaved oak – duck oak – durmast oak – dwarf oak – dyer's oak – English oak – evergreen oak – forest oak – forked-leaf oak – golden-cup oak – gray oak – Greek oak – hill's oak – holly oak – Japanese oak – Jerusalem oak – laurel oak – Lebanon oak – live oak – mossy-cup oak – mountain oak – northern oak – overcup oak – peach oak – pin oak – poison oak – post oak – pubescent oak – red oak – rock oak – sand-jack oak – satin oak – scarlet oak – scrub oak – sea oak – sessile oak – shingle oak – silky oak – silver oak – Spanish oak – spotted oak – stalkless flowered oak – stave oak – swamp oak – sweet oak – tan oak – tanbark oak – Turkey oak – valley oak – water oak – white oak – willow oak – yellow 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 ac; akin to Old High German eih ~ and perhaps to Greek aigilops, a kind of ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of a genus (Quercus) of trees or shrubs of the beech family that produce acorns; also any of various plants related to or resembling the ~s b. the tough hard durable wood of an ~ tree 2. the leaves of an ~ used as decoration • ~en adjective ...
(oaks) An oak or an oak tree is a large tree that often grows in woods and forests and has strong, hard wood. Many large oaks were felled during the war. ...forests of beech, chestnut, and oak. N-VAR • Oak is the wood of this tree. The cabinet was made of oak. N-UNCOUNT ...
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- O.E. ac "oak tree," from P.Gmc. *aiks, the source of the tree name in most Gmc. languages (cf. O.H.G. eih), of uncertain origin. The usual I.E. base for "oak" (*derwo-/*dreu-) has become Mod.Eng. tree. The O.N. form was eik, but there were no oaks in Iceland so the word came to be used there for "tree" in general. ...