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oaken

oaken

1 6.7
Made of oak wood
  • adjective
  • /ˈoʊkən/
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  • "Sunlight poured hot across the oaken board, turning the polished wood to gold.
  • oaken door
  • oaken desk
  • oaken pew

Examples

  • We pushed open the oaken door.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • 'Drink fresh mountain water from oaken buckets.'

  • Karo walked away from the window, went to the oaken board, and sat.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The bird was perched atop my old oaken desk, still in that room.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The way was steep but free of all impediments, and I soon found myself before the great oaken doors of Castle Frankenstein.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • "Harry was adjusting his shoulder holster when someone knocked on the oaken door of his beam-ceilinged room.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Anna took three sheets of yellowing stationery from her father-in-law's oaken lap desk and hoped it would be enough.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The tracks led on until the cavern narrowed again and then led to a broad, oaken double door, perhaps twenty feet wide and fifteen feet high; the size of a trolley.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The antique shop was filled with beautiful oaken furniture, each piece carefully crafted from oak wood.

  • He admired the intricate carvings on the oaken cabinet that had been passed down through generations.

Synonyms

wooden
vsoaken
293 1.0

Made of wood

is made from the wood of a specific tree species rather than any wood
treen
vsoaken
  • Archaic
9.6

Made of wood, often describing small household items

is made from the wood of a specific tree species rather than any wood

How Wooden

oaken
1 6.7
wooden
293 1.0

Surface Forms

oaken positive

Morphology

oaken = oak (transparent) = oak + en

The adjective is a regular derivation from the noun 'oak' with the productive suffix '-en' meaning 'made of', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Oaken comes from the simple word oak plus the ending -en, which means 'made of', as in wooden or golden. So an oaken chest is simply a chest made of strong oak wood.