Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Teak.

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  • noun Wood of a teak tree.
  • noun An item of craftsmanship made from teak.
  • noun A wooded area with many teak trees.

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  • noun hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

Etymologies

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teak +‎ wood

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Examples

  • Then they were taken out, a few at a time, out to the forest, and shown how to pile up the heavy logs of teakwood, which is used for building ships, and sometimes for making tables and chairs.

    Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures Richard Barnum

  • A third of it is an outdoor observation area decorated with teakwood.

    Johnny Jet: Bangkok to Singapore on The Eastern and Oriental Express Johnny Jet 2011

  • A full apartment was below the small spa, and Queen Aziza simply motioned with a hand for them to have a seat at her carved teakwood dining room table.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • Antonio looks down expecting to see it smash against the teakwood boards of the deck but there is only the sea.

    The Explosions Sound Like Gunshots sean m. poole 2011

  • A full apartment was below the small spa, and Queen Aziza simply motioned with a hand for them to have a seat at her carved teakwood dining room table.

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • So, too, did an elaborately carved pair of massive teakwood doors that granted entrance to the estate's art gallery.

    Window on a Lush Life Stuart Ferguson 2011

  • We have a square teakwood table, and we always sit in the exact same places: my father next to May on one side of the table, with my mother directly across from her so that my parents can share my sister equally.

    Excerpt: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 2009

  • Much like neighboring Thailand and India, which both have thriving capital markets, Myanmar has enormous potential for tourism and development, boasting rich natural resources -- from gas to teakwood and gemstones.

    Myanmar's forgotten bourse eyes long-awaited expansion Reuters 2011

  • Strategic resources in playResource-rich Kachin state, littered with gold and jade mines, teakwood, rubber and banana plantations, is small but potentially profitable.

    Ethnic Militia Challenges Burma's Army, New Government 2011

  • Much like neighboring Thailand and India, which both have thriving capital markets, Myanmar has enormous potential for tourism and development, boasting rich natural resources -- from gas to teakwood and gemstones.

    Myanmar's forgotten bourse eyes long-awaited expansion Reuters 2011

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