teak

 

• teek (obsolete)

Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

• IPA^(key): /tiːk/

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• Rhymes: -iːk

teak (usually uncountable, plural teaks)

1. (uncountable, countable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
2. (countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona.
3. (uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teakwood.

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teak (not comparable)

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

• afrormosia
• iroko
• Appendix:Colors

•   teak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Kate, kate, keta, take

teak

1. absolutive plural of te
2. ergative singular of te

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teak n (plural teaks)

1. teak

• teakhout

• akte

tiik

Borrowed from English teak.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːk/, [ˈt̪iːk]
• Rhymes: -iːk

teak

1. teak (timber or tree)

• tiikki (recommendable)

• “teak”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• ekat, kate, keat