white oak

¹

noun

1. an oak, Quercus alba, of eastern North America, having a light-gray to white bark and yielding a hard, durable wood: the state tree of Connecticut and Maryland.
2. any of several other species of oak, as Q. garryana or Q. lobata, of western North America.
3. the wood of any of these trees.

White Oak

²

noun

1. a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.

white oak

noun

1. a large oak tree, Quercus alba, of E North America, having pale bark, leaves with rounded lobes, and heavy light-coloured wood
2. any of several other oaks, such as the roble

Word History and Origins

Origin of white oak¹

1625–35; Americanism

Example Sentences

Only white Oak Ridgers could use the swimming pool and attend the movie theaters, and were given far superior housing.

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She envisioned a New England farmhouse from 1904 complete with a 14-foot high water wheel cut from hand-felled white oak.

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I don't recollect exactly—some white oak joists, I guess, and some inch boards.

From Project Gutenberg

Among these trees the upland white oak is common, but is of rather diminutive size, and often hollow.

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I have seen them very busy on the blossoms of the white oak, though this is not considered a honey or pollen yielding tree.

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He was entirely himself again with the exception of shaky nerves and a tongue like a white-oak chip.

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From a mile away I turned to look back at the "cripple" where towered the tall white oak of the hawks.

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