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teak

Pronunciation: /tiːk/

The English word “teak” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

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

adjective

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

Etymology

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

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