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Webster 1913 Edition
Teak
Teak
(tēk)
, Noun.
[Malayalam
tekku
.] (Bot.)
A tree of East Indies (
Tectona grandis
) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree. [Written also
teek
.] African teak
, a tree (
– Oldfieldia Africana
) of Sierra Leone; also, its very heavy and durable wood; – called also African oak
. New Zeland teak
, a large tree (
Vitex littoralis
) of New Zeland; also, its hard, durable timber.Webster 1828 Edition
Teak
TEAK
Definition 2024
teak
teak
See also: teák
English
Teak wood
Noun
teak (usually uncountable, plural teaks)
- (uncountable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
- (countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona
- (uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.
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teak colour:
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Derived terms
- tough as teak
Translations
timber
tree
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Adjective
teak (not comparable)
Translations
See also
- afrormosia
- iroko
- Appendix:Colors
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
teak
- teak (timber or tree)
Declension
| Inflection of teak (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | teak | teakit | |
| genitive | teakin | teakien | |
| partitive | teakia | teakeja | |
| illative | teakiin | teakeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | teak | teakit | |
| accusative | nom. | teak | teakit |
| gen. | teakin | ||
| genitive | teakin | teakien | |
| partitive | teakia | teakeja | |
| inessive | teakissa | teakeissa | |
| elative | teakista | teakeista | |
| illative | teakiin | teakeihin | |
| adessive | teakilla | teakeilla | |
| ablative | teakilta | teakeilta | |
| allative | teakille | teakeille | |
| essive | teakina | teakeina | |
| translative | teakiksi | teakeiksi | |
| instructive | — | teakein | |
| abessive | teakitta | teakeitta | |
| comitative | — | teakeineen | |
Synonyms
- tiikki (recommendable)