oak

«oak» in Mova's school dictionary: a big tree with hard wood that can live for hundreds of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (oak, oaks; also oak tree); adjective (made of oak)

meaning for a pupil

1) An oak is a big tree with hard wood that can live for hundreds of years. Its nuts are called acorns. tree →

2) Oak is the strong wood from this tree, used for furniture and floors. tree →

sense in the lessons

trees counted; heights, acorns, rows of trees; in science: oaks lose their leaves in autumn, acorns grow into new oaks, many insects and birds live in an oak; in stories: a great old oak in the forest; saying: «great oaks from little acorns grow» (big things start small)

examples

• The park has 14 oaks and 9 pines. tree →
• The oak is 20 metres tall. tree →
• A squirrel hides 30 acorns from the oak. tree →
• They plant oaks in 4 rows. tree →
• The old oak tree is over 300 years old. tree →
• This table is made of oak. tree →
• Oak leaves have wavy edges. tree →
• Great oaks from little acorns grow. tree →
• ‘I did; this old wide-spreading oak. tree →

note

A thing counted; trap: when asked for all trees, add oaks to the other trees. «An oak» (an before a vowel sound). As wood, «oak» is uncountable (made of oak).

In the corpora

• Cork comes from the thick bark of the cork oak, peeled about every 9 years without killing the tree.
• Here is the surprise: a huge oak does not eat soil to grow.
• The hairs of some caterpillars, such as the oak processionary, cause rashes, so you do not touch hairy caterpillars.
• Burning poison ivy or oak sends the oil into the smoke, which can hurt your lungs.
• And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oak» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.