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teak

(tēk)

a. A large deciduous tree (Tectona grandis) in the mint family, native to tropical South and Southeast Asia, having hard, heavy, durable yellowish-brown wood.

b. The wood of this tree, used especially for furniture and in shipbuilding.

2. A grayish yellowish brown or grayish to moderate brown.

[Portuguese teca, from Malayalam tēkka.]

teak adj.

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teak

(tiːk)

1. (Plants) a large verbenaceous tree, Tectona grandis, of the East Indies, having white flowers and yielding a valuable dense wood

2. (Forestry) the hard resinous yellowish-brown wood of this tree, used for furniture making, etc

3. (Plants) any of various similar trees or their wood

4. (Colours) a brown or yellowish-brown colour

[C17: from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam tēkka]

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teak

(tik)

n.

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

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

[1665–75; earlier teke < Portuguese teca < Malayalam tēkka]

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Noun	1.	teak - hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding teakwood Tectona grandis, teak - tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	teak - tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood Tectona grandis genus Tectona, Tectona - small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak teak, teakwood - hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Translations

خَشَب السّاجشَجَرة السّاج

týktýkové dřevo

teaktræ

Teakholz

teck

tíkfa

tekktrétekkviîur, tekk

tek

tikas

tīkkoks

teak

tíktíkové drevo

tik ağacıtik kerestesi

柚木柚树

teak

[tiːk] N → teca f, madera f de teca

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teak

[ˈtiːk]

n → teck m

adj [table, wardrobe, furniture] → en tecktea kettle n (US) → bouilloire ftea lady n (British) dame qui prépare le thé pour les employés d'une entreprisetea leaf n [tea leaves] (pl) → feuille f de thé

teak

n (= wood) → Teak(holz) nt; (= tree) → Teakbaum m

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teak

[tiːk] n → teak m

teak

(tiːk) noun

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

2. its very hard wood. The table is (made of) teak; (also adjective) teak furniture.

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What dat do wid de 'teak, said the old black, testily.

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In the middle was a narrow table of teak on trestle legs, with two supporting bars of iron, of the kind called in Spain mesa de hieraje.

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As he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated body into the small vat of nitric acid that was to devour every trace of the horrid evidence which might easily send him to the gallows, the man sank weakly into a chair and throwing his body forward upon his great, teak desk buried his face in his arms, breaking into dry, moaning sobs.