Look up: Oak

1. Oak
   The oak is a tree of the family fagaceae.
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2. Oak
   Oak is a township in Smith County Kansas, USA Oak is a village in Nuckolls County Nebraska, USA Oak is a township in Stearns County Minnesota, USA
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3. oak
   [adj] - consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree 2. [n] - the hard durable wood of any oak 3. [n] - a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus
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4. Oak
   Oak barrels are an important and complicated variable in the production of the majority of serious red wines and an increasing number of whites. Many white wines, and in particular Chardonnays, are fermented in small oak barrels. This adds some complexity to the wine, and also imparts toasty, nutty and vanilla-like flavours to the wine, especially when the barrels are new. Red wines are rarely fermented in barrels, but will often spend a lengthy period of ageing in them. Barrels allow a small amount of oxygen to come into contact with the wine, thus accelerating the development of more complex flavours, and when new oak is used, the wine picks up flavours of vanilla and spice and tannins from the wood. Different effects can be achieved depending on the type of oak used (commonly French or American, but Portuguese oak is quite different and is commonly used in Portugal, and Slovenian oak is often used in Italy). The quality of the wood used is important, as is the size of the barrel. It all gets rather complicated. Oak barrels are expensive, though, and for cheaper wines the effects of barrel fermentation and ageing are simulated by the use of oak chips or even used barrel staves bolted to the inside of stainless steel tanks. This practice is illegal in some more traditional wine-producing countries, and as you might expect, results can be variable.
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5. Oak
   The strongest and most durable wood that lasts for long periods in either wet or dry conditions.
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6. Oak
   Oak (ōk) noun [ Middle English oke , ok , ak , Anglo-Saxon āc ; akin to Dutch eik , German eiche , Old High German eih , Icelandic eik , Swedish ek , Danish eeg .] 1. (Botany) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus . The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flow …
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7. oak
   1. <botany> Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognised about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur …
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8. oak
   oak tree noun a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; `great oaks grow from little acorns`
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9. Oak
   The term `oak` can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus `Quercus` (from Latin `oak tree`), which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably `Cyclobalanopsis` and `Lithocarpus`. The genus is native to the northern hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cold latitudes to tropical Asia and the Americas. Oaks have spira...
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10. Oak
    The term `oak` can be used as part of the common name of any of several hundred species of trees and shrubs in the genus `Quercus` (from Latin `oak tree`), which are listed in the List of Quercus species, and some related genera, notably `Cyclobalanopsis` and `Lithocarpus`. The genus is native to the northern hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cold latitudes to tropical Asia and the Americas. Oaks have spira...
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11. Oak
    • (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in th...
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12. oak
    any of about 450 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs constituting the genus Quercus in the beech family (Fagaceae), distributed ... [9 related articles]
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