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Princeton's WordNet

  1. oakenadjective

    consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree

    "a solid oak table"; "the old oaken bucket"

Wiktionary

  1. oakenadjective

    Made from the wood of the oak tree

  2. Etymology: From oken, from acen, equivalent to. Cognate with eiken, eichen, eikinn.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Oakenadjective

    Made of oak; gathered from oak.

    Etymology: from oak.

    No nation doth equal England for oaken timber wherewith to build ships. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.

    By lot from Jove I am the pow’r
    Of this fair wood, and live in oaken bow’r. John Milton.

    Clad in white velvet all their troop they led,
    With each an oaken chaplet on his head. Dryden.

    An oaken garland to be worn on festivals, was the recompense of one who had covered a citizen in battle. Addison.

    He snatched a good tough oaken cudgel, and began to brandish it. John Arbuthnot, J. Bull.

Wikipedia

  1. Oaken

    Oaken is a small village in Staffordshire, England. The first mention of the Oaken place-name was in 1086 when it was listed in the Domesday book as Ache. Its origin appears to be from the Old English, ācum - (place of) the oaks.Oaken lies just one mile west of Codsall where the population taken at the 2011 census can be found. It is home to Oaken Terrace Nursing Home, a large nursing home situated just off Oaken Drive. Oaken's only pub is The Oaken Arms, a Vintage Inns pub on Holyhead Road - formerly The Foaming Jug, it re-opened in November 2010.

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  1. oaken

    Oaken is an adjective that is used to describe something that is made from the wood of an oak tree. It typically refers to items such as furniture, barrels, or doors, emphasizing the durability, strength, and high quality associated with oak wood.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Oakenadjective

    made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks

  2. Etymology: [AS. cen.]

Wikidata

  1. Oaken

    Oaken is a small village in Staffordshire, England. The first mention of the Oaken place-name, was in 1086 when it was listed in the Domesday book as Ache. Its origin appears to be from the Old English, ācum - the oaks. Oaken lies just one mile west of Codsall. It is home to Oaken Terrace Nursing Home, a large nursing home situated just off Oaken Drive. Oaken's only pub is The Oaken Arms, a Vintage Inns pub on Holyhead Road - formerly The Foaming Jug, it re-opened in November 2010.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oaken in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oaken in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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