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Meanings of teak in English

Portuguese
tectona
Catalan
teca
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Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood.

        tectona
        Catalan
        teca
        Spanish
        tectona grandis

        Wood of the teak tree.

              teca
              Russian
              тик
              Portuguese
              teak

              Type of wood.

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                      тик
                      Usage of teak in English
                      1
                      The voice came from a smooth-faced individual behind a large ceramo-teak-bonded desk.
                      The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
                      2
                      Mr. Socrates was leaning over a map on the long teak table.
                      The hunchback assignments
                      3
                      And for a while he managed a teak forest in Upper Burma.
                      The new yorker
                      4
                      The glass-enclosed rack of polished teak and gleaming metal firearms didn't help.
                      The Beast Within
                      5
                      The quip of the day went to Garryowen's teak-tough flanker Paul Neville.
                      The Irish Times
                      6
                      One day Umboo and Keedah were taken together to the teak forest.
                      Umboo, the Elephant
                      7
                      There's a Fresco oval extending dining table in teak with afromosia trim.
                      The Irish Times
                      8
                      Sidonie beamed down upon him, framed by embroidered linen and fine teak.
                      The devil she knows
                      9
                      Caan loves secretary desks as well, like this antique teak Italian style.
                      NY Magazine
                      10
                      I picked up rustic-looking teak bowls and deep green, hand-woven cashmere scarves.
                      BBC
                      11
                      His skin was the color of teak, his eyes chips of flint.
                      A Dance with Dragons
                      12
                      The woman went swiftly down the teak ladder, and the other two followed.
                      Jack Haydon's Quest
                      13
                      He carried a wooden box, teak with brass hinges and an elaborate clasp.
                      Another life
                      14
                      It is a teak door, bolted and with no keyhole on the outside.
                      The Winds of the World
                      15
                      There is certain to be a very big trade here, in teak alone.
                      On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War
                      16
                      I asked, noting that the teak box wasn't splintered into a bazillion pieces.
                      Hula Done It?
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                      Translations for teak
                      Portuguese
                      tectonateak
                      Catalan
                      teca
                      Russian
                      тик
                      Teak through the time
                      Teak across language varieties
                      United States of America
                      Common
                      United Kingdom
                      Common