Definitions for teaktik

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

teaktik(n.)

  1. a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, medium brown wood.

    Category: Plants, Furniture

  2. the wood of this tree, used in shipbuilding, furniture-making, etc.

    Category: Furniture

Origin of teak:

1665–75; earlier teke < Pg teca < Malayalam tēkka

Princeton's WordNet

  1. teak, teakwood(noun)

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

  2. teak, Tectona grandis(noun)

    tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

Wiktionary

  1. teak(Noun)

    An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).

  2. teak(Noun)

    A tree of the species in the genus Tectona

  3. teak(Adjective)

    Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

  4. Origin: teca, from தேக்கு (tēkku).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Teak(noun)

    a tree of East Indies (Tectona grandis) which furnishes an extremely strong and durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes; also, the timber of the tree


Translations for teak

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

teak(noun)

a type of tree that grows in India, Malaysia, Burma etc.

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