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Word entry · 5 letters

oaken

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"Made of oak wood"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈəʊk.ən/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeknoStarts with OEnds with N2 clues
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Definitions

  1. consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).

Used in a sentence

  • Captain Jemmy, taking up three bottles one after another and finding them all empty, ordered up three more, and drew his chair up to the hearth, where he sat kicking the oaken logs viciously with his long legs.
  • His knuckles are tattooed, his hands the oaken tools of the boxer he still is, now as a coach.

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