teak brown
Look at other dictionaries:
Teak — foliage and seeds Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
Teak furniture — Teak is used to make outdoor furniture, boats, and other things which require resistance to the elements. Teak is used for outdoor furniture because of its natural durability in extreme weather conditions and because of its relative rarity. Being … Wikipedia
teak — [ tik ] noun count a large tree with hard yellow brown wood and white flowers a. uncount the valuable hard wood of a teak tree, often used for making furniture … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
teak — [ti:k] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Portuguese; Origin: teca, from Malayalam tekka] [U] a hard yellowish brown wood that is used for making ships and good quality furniture … Dictionary of contemporary English
teak — [tēk] n. [Port teca < Malayalam tēkka < Sans śāka] 1. a tall SE Asian tree (Tectona grandis) of the verbena family, with white flowers and hard, yellowish brown wood used for shipbuilding, furniture, etc. 2. its wood: also teakwood … English World dictionary
teak — /teek/, n. 1. a large East Indian tree, Tectona grandis, of the verbena family, yielding a hard, durable, resinous, yellowish brown wood used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc. 2. the wood of this tree. 3. any of various similar trees or… … Universalium
teak — /tik / (say teek) noun 1. a large tree native to India and South East Asia, Tectona grandis, with a hard, durable, yellowish brown, resinous wood, used for shipbuilding, making furniture, etc. 2. the wood of this tree. 3. any of various similar… …
teak — noun Etymology: Portuguese teca, from Malayalam tēkka Date: 1698 1. a tall tropical Asian timber tree (Tectona grandis) of the vervain family 2. the hard yellowish brown wood of teak used especially for furniture and shipbuilding … New Collegiate Dictionary
teak — 1. noun /tiːk/ a) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.). b) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona 2. adjective /tiːk/ Of a yellowish brown colour, like… … Wiktionary
teak — tɪËk n. type of tree native to India; yellowish brown wood produced by the teak tree (used for making furniture and in designing and constructing ships) … English contemporary dictionary
