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Meanings of oaken in English

Oaken.

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Usage of oaken in English
1
Bowing, we were out in the hall; the big oaken door closed.
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2
Here Marlowe paused and walked to the oaken desk before the window.
The Woman in Black
3
She heard heavy blows dealt upon the oaken panels of the door.
In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
4
Peter unlatched the heavy oaken door and went outside to the outbuildings.
The White Feather Hex
5
But the old oaken boards were strong, the old iron held firmly.
Doctor Pascal
6
We mounted three steps and stood before a tremendously massive oaken door.
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7
For greater security this oaken door was covered by an iron one.
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8
Passing along for some distance they came to another strong oaken door.
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9
The oaken chair, to be sure, may tempt him with its roominess.
The House of the Seven Gables
10
Then he folded it carefully and stowed it in his oaken chest.
The grail king
11
For this they had made her coffin of thick, heavy oaken boards.
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12
Two or three of Phebe's sunniest pictures hung against the oaken panels.
Cobwebs and Cables
13
Then they donned masks and knocked politely at the weather-stained oaken door.
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14
The brandy is distilled from grapes and stored in huge oaken casks.
The new yorker
15
The sparrow nipped around the heavy oaken door and joined his fellows.
Shadowland
16
The blind Matthias Augustin struck his stick impatiently on the oaken floor.
The hangman's daughter
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common