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oaken

[ oh-kuhn ]

adjective

  1. made of oak:

    the old oaken bucket.

  2. of or relating to the oak tree.


oaken

/ ˈəʊə /

adjective

  1. made of the wood of the oak
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of oaken1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; oak, -en 2
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Example Sentences

We bought the trunk, and now the oaken evidence was in my front hall — this eichensarg, as its original owner might have said.

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A 3,000-year-old oaken dugout canoe made by ancient indigenous peoples was discovered in the bed of Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota on Thursday.

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She wasn’t worried about mines; oaken nerves ran in the family.

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In despair, he sank to the damp ground, his head pressed against the unyielding oaken planks.

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Levinson's highly stylized "Euphoria" is nothing if not a temple to stylistic excess but Zendaya's prodigious talent holds up its center; it is that show's oaken truth.

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