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oaken

oa·ken

UK/ˈəʊk.ən/ uncommon

adjective

1.

consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree

  • “a solid oak table”
  • “the old oaken bucket”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).

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