teak

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I know their teak isn't of the very best quality but - we can't afford the very best quality … and these are sturdy enough, and in a good price range during their sales.

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  1. noun A tall evergreen tree (Tectona grandis) of southeast Asia, having hard, heavy, durable yellowish-brown wood.
  2. noun The wood of this tree, used especially for furniture and in shipbuilding.
  3. noun A grayish yellowish brown or grayish to moderate brown.

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  • His skin was almost the shade of teak, a golden hue that gave no indication of heritage. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 02 - February 2001
  • Other false teaks are the West African teak, and 'eng' or 'yang' teak from Indo-Malaya Lola had neglected this lecture on teak to try another door which let her into a bathroom. —  109 - The Too-Wise Owl
  • The artisan crafts things like animals and futuristic robots out of four types of wood: keyaki (a Japanese tree of the genus Zelkova), teak, walnut and white ash. —  Cool Hunting
  • Reclaiming the teak was beyond Mr. Brown's budget so, armed with hammers, we set about smashing through the rotted wood and tearing it out, using cardboard templates and cutting sections out of marine plywood, fastening them to the frame, and coating the whole ugly mess with marine epoxy. —  happyrobot
  • While most buyers have heard of teak, the details of its benefits are widely unknown. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Portuguese teca, from Malayalam tēkka.

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  1. Formerly also teek, teke; from Malayalam tekka, Tamil tekku, the teak-tree. The Hindustani name is sāgwān, sāgūn, Marathi sāg (Arabic Persian sāj), Sanskrit çāka.
 

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