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Meanings of teak in English
Tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood.
Catalan
teca Spanish
tectona grandis Synonyms
Examples for "teakwood"
Examples for "teakwood"
1
Then she sat down heavily on one of the carved teakwood chairs.
2
This he placed carefully on the black teakwood surface at Victor's elbow.
3
Inside, they were all waiting for him, seated around a teakwood table.
4
And she led the way up the lustrous, velvety teakwood stair.
5
He pointed to the giant teakwood that Astro had slept under.
1
The monks live in houses built of teak wood.
2
The building is of dark-brown teak wood, and has many roofs, one above the other.
3
The tubes rest in grooved teak wood blocks placed at the bottom of the glass boxes.
4
Expedite matters by investing in a reclaimed teak wood floor, laid out as tiles from Mira Mira in Sandymount.
5
The way was through a forest of African teak wood, immense trees which seemed to tower to the very skies.
Usage of teak in English
1
The voice came from a smooth-faced individual behind a large ceramo-teak-bonded desk.
2
Mr. Socrates was leaning over a map on the long teak table.
3
And for a while he managed a teak forest in Upper Burma.
4
The glass-enclosed rack of polished teak and gleaming metal firearms didn't help.
5
The quip of the day went to Garryowen's teak-tough flanker Paul Neville.
6
One day Umboo and Keedah were taken together to the teak forest.
7
There's a Fresco oval extending dining table in teak with afromosia trim.
8
Sidonie beamed down upon him, framed by embroidered linen and fine teak.
9
Caan loves secretary desks as well, like this antique teak Italian style.
10
I picked up rustic-looking teak bowls and deep green, hand-woven cashmere scarves.
11
His skin was the color of teak, his eyes chips of flint.
12
The woman went swiftly down the teak ladder, and the other two followed.
13
He carried a wooden box, teak with brass hinges and an elaborate clasp.
14
It is a teak door, bolted and with no keyhole on the outside.
15
There is certain to be a very big trade here, in teak alone.
16
I asked, noting that the teak box wasn't splintered into a bazillion pieces.
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Teak through the time
Teak across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common