teak

Other forms of teak

plural

teaks·

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 teak

What does teak mean?

teak means "hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in teak?

teak has 1 syllable: teak. In IPA it is /ˈtik/.

What is another word for teak?

Close synonyms include teakwood, Tectona grandis. 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 teak a common word?

teak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 teak?

4 words rhyme with teak. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.