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Webster 1913 Edition

Oaken

Oak′en

,
Adj.
[AS.
ācen
.]
Made or consisting of oaks or of the wood of oaks.
“In oaken bower.”
Milton.
Oaken
timber, wherewith to build ships.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Oaken

OAKEN

,
Adj.
o'kn.
1.
Made of oak or consisting of oak; as an oaken plank or bench; an oaken bower.
2.
Composed of branches of oak; as an oaken garland.

Definition 2024

oaken

oaken

English

Adjective

oaken ‎(not comparable)

  1. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

Translations

Etymology

Middle English oken, from Old English ācen ‎(“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch eiken ‎(“oaken”), German eichen ‎(“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn ‎(“oaken”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ōk'ən, IPA(key): /əʊk.ən/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkən

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