oak leaf
- noun
- /oʊk liːf/
:
hoja de roble
- Some of these like this, this oak leaf is starting to go to seed a little bit.
All those brown oak leaves in the median strip, a few flopping in the wind, flickering pages.
- All those brown oak leaves in the median strip, a few flopping in the wind, flickering pages.
Examples
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So basically spring or summer, if you just pluck an oak leaf off the tree and just have a look at it, there's nearly always some sort of egg on there.
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So I grew up in Michigan and it was very popular to rake the oak leaves in your front yard into a pile.
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All those brown oak leaves in the median strip, a few flopping in the wind, flickering pages.
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The ground was covered with vibrant oak leaves that crunched underfoot as we walked through the forest.
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In autumn, the trees shed their oak leaves, creating a colorful carpet in the park.
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He admired the intricate shape of the oak leaf as it glimmered in the sunlight.
Synonyms
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A flat green part of a plant that grows from a stem
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: an 'oak leaf' is literally the leaf of an oak (or an object shaped like that leaf), so a B1 learner who knows 'oak' and 'leaf' can infer the sense. This follows a common English noun‑compound pattern found across languages, making it immediately comprehensible rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Oak leaf names the leaf of the oak tree: people noticed its broad, deeply lobed shape and used that clear picture to tell the tree apart. That's why oak leaf means 'a leaf from an oak tree'.