teak meaning

teak as a noun

1. hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding

   Synonyms: teakwood

   Type of: wood

2. tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

   Synonyms: Tectona grandis

   Type of: tree

How to pronounce teak

teak is pronounced /tiːk/ in British English and /tik/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with teak

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