she-oak
/ˈʃioʊk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia.
Australian usage; Countable
Example Sentences
- "But there were other nights, wild and stormy, when the moon had gone to another town and every star was dark side down, and when the wind, while she slept, had left the she-oaks by the river to moan forebodingly round the house."
- "When she swung the belt again he crossed his fingers for her and screwed up his face in sympathy when it caught, in mid-air, on a branch of a big old she-oak that hung above the falls."
Etymology
From she- + oak.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: she
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃioʊk/
- British English: /ˈʃiːəʊk/