əuk 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). øoak-apple (or -gall) an apple-like gall containing larvae of
certain wasps, found on oak trees. øøoaken adj. [OE ac f. Gmc]