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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The wood of the teak-tree; teak.

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Examples

  • Hang-chau silk hangings and a few pieces of teak-wood mingled with blatant plush furniture from some department store.

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • The teak-wood timber was further protected by a 1-inch thick bronze-like alloy plate on all sides which despite severe external corrosion had preserved the teak-wood of the box to a fair extent.

    Startling CIA findings on Longevity & Hindu Spiriualism: Sure to Make you feel Thrilled Paulina 2009

  • Her dark-brown hair fanned out in cover girl curls around her teak-wood complexion.

    Street Judge 2008

  • Her dark-brown hair fanned out in cover girl curls around her teak-wood complexion.

    Street Judge 2008

  • When they left the pavilions, they saw in the midst of the palace a door of teak-wood marquetried with ivory and ebony and plated with glittering gold, over which hung a silken curtain purfled with all manner of embroideries; and on this door were locks of white silver, that opened by artifice without a key.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Her dark-brown hair fanned out in cover girl curls around her teak-wood complexion.

    Street Judge 2008

  • Its door was of Indian teak-wood inlaid with gold that glowed; and through it one passed into a royal-hall in whose midst was a jetting fount girt by a raised estrade.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • It was shaped just like our cathedrals, with a horseshoe roof of teak-wood, which has defied the ravages of time.

    The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

  • Conan jerked lustily at the rope which depended from the bell beside the lantern, augmenting its clamor by hammering on the iron-bound teak-wood gate with the hilt of his sword.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Conan jerked lustily at the rope which depended from the bell beside the lantern, augmenting its clamor by hammering on the iron-bound teak-wood gate with the hilt of his sword.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

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