teak
Americannoun
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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.
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the wood of this tree.
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any of various similar trees or woods.
noun
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a large verbenaceous tree, Tectona grandis, of the East Indies, having white flowers and yielding a valuable dense wood
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the hard resinous yellowish-brown wood of this tree, used for furniture making, etc
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any of various similar trees or their wood
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a brown or yellowish-brown colour
Etymology
Origin of teak
1665–75; earlier teke < Portuguese teca < Malayalam tēkka
Example Sentences
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The laminated wood product it uses, Green Teak, comes from Thailand.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Teak Latitude Board – There’s one big downside to a fabulous charcuterie board.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2025
Over the past month South Korean and U.S. special operations troops conducted a live-fire drill named "Teak Knife", which included a U.S.
From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023
The same supervisor appointed in Mesa County - Teak Simonton, a former county clerk in Colorado who has served in leadership roles for the Colorado County Clerk’s Association - will oversee Pueblo County this year.
From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2022
Teak forests cover 2000 square miles in North-West Matabeleland; and Mashonaland is very well timbered, mostly with trees of the acacia family.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis
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