Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red oak

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables: red oak
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.

Countable

noun

A similar tree of any of the many species in Quercus subg. Quercus, section Lobatae, found mostly in North America.

Countable

noun

Carnarvonia araliifolia, a rainforest tree from Australia.

Australian usage; Countable

noun

Wood from such trees.

Uncountable

noun

Agkistrodon contortrix, a venomous snake species found in North America.

Countable; Uncountable

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Usage

Inflected Forms

red oaks (plural)

Synonyms

northern red oak champion oak red silky oak copperhead

Questions

What does red oak mean?: An oak tree with wood of a red tint, with leaves that have pointed lobes, Quercus rubra, native to eastern North America.

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