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Oakwood

Oakwood

1 6.1
A last name that people in the same family share
  • proper noun
translation icon : Oakwood
  • The club members organized a reunion for all graduates of Oakwood this summer.
  • Oakwood Homes
  • Oakwood employees
  • Oakwood College

Examples

  • Arts Gas, Oakwood and Pacific.

    Stealing Sinatra (2003)

  • I don't give a damn about Oakwood.

    The Seven Minutes (1971)

  • A note from the Oakwood Potency Clinic.

    Fletch Lives (1989)

  • Joseph Smith, Oakwood, was known for his contributions to the community.

  • She proudly presented her research at the Oakwood Family Conference last weekend.

Compounds

oakwood
3.2

A small forest mainly made of oak trees

oakwood
2.7

Hard wood from oak trees used to make furniture

Surface Forms

Oakwood main

Morphology

Oakwood = oak + wood (semi-transparent) = oak + wood

Formally a clear compound of 'oak' + 'wood', but as a surname it functions as an identifier rather than a compositional lexical item, so its referential meaning is less directly useful to learners.

Etymology

Oakwood as a family name comes from the two simple words oak ('oak tree') and wood ('small forest'), and it was used for a family who lived by a wood of oak trees. So a person called Oakwood is often named after the place where their ancestors lived.