English Explanatory Dictionary

woak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An oak.

Pronunciation

/woʊk/

Word forms

woak woaks

Etymology

Like one, the word oak acquired an intrusive initial /w/ in some dialects beginning already in the 1400s with Middle English wocke (“oak”).

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