oak

Other forms of oak

plural

oaks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about oak

What does oak mean?

oak means "the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in oak?

oak has 1 syllable: oak. In IPA it is /ˈoʊk/.

What is another word for oak?

Close synonyms include oak tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oak a common word?

oak is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with oak?

1 word rhymes with oak. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.